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Copyright, 1912
BY
ALBERT A. POMEROY
Published 1912
Printed in the United States
THE FRANKLIN PRINTING AND ENGRAVING COMPANY
Toledo. Ohio
This edition is limited to 400
numbered copies. This book is
To the Memory of
DR. WILLIAM W. RODMAN
who laid the foundation of the
Pomeroy Genealogy;
To the Memory of
MRS. REBEKAH W. POMEROY BULKLEY
whose genealogical genius and intellectual qualities
'prompted her to continue the study;
And to all Descendants of
ELTWEED POMEROY
who honor their Fathers and Mothers and
who are respected by their Children,
"The History and Genealogy of the Pomeroy Family"
is respectfully inscribed by
ALBERT A. POMEROY
Sandusky, Ohio, March 3, ipi2.
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Page
The NuiiBER of Youk Book IX
Dedication X
Contents XI
Abbreviations XII
List of Illustrations XIII
Errata XV
Officers of the Pomeroy Family Association XVI
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Preface 1
•>^Pomeroy Ancestors in Normandy 7
Sir Radulphus de La Pommeraie, Son of Roger 13
Original Investigations 15
"Raoltle de La Pommeraie" 18
HoLpERs of Land in Domesday 19
Inquisitions Post-Mortem 2p
First Progenitors of the Pomeroy Family 21
PoMEROY Ancestors in England 23
The Domesday Book; or the Great Sur\"ey of England, (with translation) 24
The Honours of Berry Pomeroy 32
The Great Lay Tenants-in-Chief 37
Booklands and Manors, (The Hide, Virgate and Ferling) 38
The Honours of Bradnich, held by William Capra, Brother of Ralph 40
Descendants of Ralph de Pomerei 44
The Harburton Branch in Ireland 78
Calendar of the English Kings 79
Some Authorities Quoted in this History 79
Village of Berry Pomeroy 80
The Castle of Berry Pomeroy 80
The Guard-Room and Chapel in the Tower 82
Berry Pomeroy Church 83
Berry House and Vicarage 84
The Castle Mill 85
The Insurrection in Devonshire 85
Last Siege of the Castle by the Army of King Edward VI 86
Occupation of Berry Pomeroy Castle by the Seymours 87
Beatrix (Beatrice) Pomeroy of Nether Stowey. 88
Sandridge, Devonshire 88
Legends of Berry Pomeroy Castle 88
Succession of the Seymol^rs 91
The Prince of Orange at Berry Pomeroy 92
Pomeroy Manors in Cornwall 93
Tregoney Castle, Built by Henry de Pomeroy 94
Tremeton Manor and Castle, Erected before the Conquest 96
Castle of Saint Michael's ^Iount 100
Mount Edgcomb House and Hedingham Castle 102
Compton Castle, Held by the Families of Raleigh and Guilbert 104
MocoLLop Castle and Haddon Hall, Home of De Vernon 105
Pomeroy Coat-of-Arms and Crests 106
The Pomeroy Achievement 109
Heraldic Key , 110
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Importance of Preserving Family Records 113
Mission in Search of Records and Verification 116
Photographic Evidence from Salisbury _. 117
Survey of Counties Somerset and Dorset 119
Survey of Counties Devon and Cornwall 121
Eltweed Pomeroy ; His Descendants in America 124
Second Generation 138
Third Generation 146
Fourth Generation 164
Fifth Generation 192
Sixth Generation 286
Seventh Generation 429
Eighth Generation 634
Ninth Generation 774
Tenth Generation 807
Eleventh Gener.\tion 812
Pomeroy Ancestral Chart ; A Study in Heredity 813
Pomeroy Men in the Revolution 827
First Major-General of the Massachusetts Army 827
First Brigadier-General of the Continental Army 831
Pomeroy JvIen in ^Massachusetts Organizations 834
Pomeroy Men in Connecticut Organizations 846
Pomeroy Forage-]\Iaster in New Jersey 847
Pomeroy Men in the Colonial Wars of Connecticut and Massachusetts 84S
Addenda — Lost Pomeroy Famiues 849
Thomas Pomeroy — "Foreigner and First Settles" 850
John Sullivan Pomeroy — Unknown 855
James Pomeroy of Brixham, England , 856
"The Great Release" 859
Index First — Pomeroy Christian Names and Marriages 861
Index Second — Names Other than Pomeroy, in' Collateral Lines, (Include
Children and Grandchildren of Pomeroy Mothers) 893
Abbreotatuittsi ujseli m tl|ts CSFtt^alcgxral E^gtst^r
The abbreviations used throughout this volume are explained below or elsewhere
near the matter they refer to.
The plus mark ( + ) indicates that the individual opposite whose name it stands
will be found in the next generation, (by the corresponding number), with his or
her children. The parallel ( = ) in the Index denotes marriage.
ae. — aged. tmrn. — unmarried.
b. — born. s. p. — (sine prole) without issue.
bp. or bapt. — ^baptized, Co. — Company or County.
Ch. — child. Cav. — cavalry.
Ch'n. — children. Art. — artillery.
CoL— -college. Inf. — infantry.
d. — died. Res. — resided, or last known residence.
dau. — daughter. Rev. — Revolution.
gen. — generation. VoL — ^volunteer.
gr. or grad. — ^graduate. Vet — ^veteran.
m. — ^married.
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PoMEROY Arms I^
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The Pomesoy Achievement m
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Frontispiece V
Ruins of Berry Pomekoy Castle 1
Mount Saint Michel, Normandy 5
The Castle of Gaillard. Stronghold of Richard Coeur de Lion 8
The Hostellerie of William the Conqueror at Dives 8
The Ancient Church at Dives 15
CoLONNE Commemorating the Departl^re of the Fleet of the Xormans 18
Statue of William the Conqueror at Falaise, Normandy 18
The Gateway, Berry Pomeroy Castle 23
Map of the Rwer Dart. Showing the Location of Berry Pomeroy 32
St. Margaret's Tower. Berry Pomeroy Castle 36
Dartmouth Castle, Guarding the ^Iouth of the River Dart 40
View of Ford Abbey, Founded by William de Pomeroy 40
Village of Berry Pomeroy 44
Berry Pomeroy Church 49
Castle Cornet, Isle of Guernsey, Capt. William de la Pomeroy, Governor 55
■ The Ancient Rougemont Castle, Exeter, Devon, Henry de Pomeroy,
Governor 55
The Vestibltle, Berry Pomeroy Chltich , 59
Desecrated Tomb of Sir Richard de Pomeroy in Berry Pomeroy Church 59
Pomeroy ^Manor House at Wills, Stoke Gabriel, Devon 64
Pomeroy !NLanor House at Sandridge, Stoke G-abriel 64
Berry Head, Brixham. Devonshire 74
Harberton Village, Devonshire . . . .' ■ 74
North and East Views of Berry Pomeroy Castle 80
The Defaced Screen in Berry Pomeroy Church 84
Ancient Stained Glass Window, Berry Pomeroy Church 84
The Ghost Walk, Berry Pomeroy Castle 89
The Old Mill, Berry Pomeroy Castle 89
Penzance, Cornwall, the Locality of the Pomeroy Manors of Alverton 93
Ruins of Tregoney Castle, Built by Sir Henry de Pomeroy.. 96
Ruins of Tremeton Castle, Ancient Palace of Cornish Kings 96
Stronghold of Mount St. Michael, Cornwall 100
Compton Castle, Marldon, Devon 104
Hedingham Castle, Seat of Sir Robert de Vere 104
Family Anvil, Brought from Engl.^nd in 1630 by Eltweed Pomeroy 112
Broadwindsor, County Dorset, (Now Part of Beaminster) 113
Beaminster, County Dorset, Birthplace of Eltweed Pomeroy 113
St. Peter's Church, Dorchester 118
Ruins of M.\iden Castle, Dorchester 118
Exeter Cathedral (The Mortuary Chapel) 121
Historic Church at Totnes '• 123
Ruins of Totnes Castle, Built by Judhael de Totnes 123
St. Bartholomew's Church, Crewkerne, Somerset 130
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VnxAGE OF Crewkerne, Somerset 130
Monument Erected at Peekskill, N. Y., to the Honor of General Seth
POMEROY 168
Unveiling the Marker on the Site of the Fort Bridgman ^Massacre 321
Ivy-mantled Ruins of the Kitchen and Great Fire-places, Berry Pomeroy
Castle, (Your Historian in Evidence) 429
The First Postage Stamp, Issued by The Pomeroy Express 454
The Great Yew Tree, Berry Pomeroy Churchyard. .' 510
Northern Section of Berry Pomeroy Church (Your Historian at the Gate) 510
Stone Marking the Spot where the Pequot War Ended 523
Fountain at Southport, Conn., Commemorating the End of the Pequot War 523
State Rooms and Court, Berry Pomeroy Castle 812
The Pomeroy Coat-of-Arms, with correct Crest for Descendants of Eltweed
Pomeroy 860
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Mary Pomeroy, (Daughter of Gen. Seth Pomeroy), (359) 211
Henry Shepherd, (1023) 212
Asahel Pomeroy, (362) 220
Lemltil Pomeroy, (9S8) ^ 327
Hon. Samltil Clark Pomeroy, (3775) 373
Hon. Oren Pomeroy, (2203) 422
Norman Pomeroy, (4540) 620
Oren Day Pomeroy, M.D., (4624) 629
H. Sterling Pomeroy, ^I.D., (4629) 630
George Eltweed Pomeroy, (5180) 662
S. Harris Pomeroy, (5424) 665
Albert A. Pomeroy, (6047) 689
Henry Burt Pomeroy, (6637) 726
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Tablet in the Old Church at Dives bearing the Names of the Companions
of William the Conqueror 15
Photographs from the Domesday Book, with Translation : 25-31
Letter from the Duke of Brittany to Capt. William de Pomeroy, with
Translation 54
The Coker Pedigree 62
Second Administration of Richard Pomeroy, Father of Eltweed 62
The Pomeroy Pedigree (two pages facing) 108
Christening of Eltwitt Pomeraye, Beaminster Parish Records 124
Marriage of Eltwide Pumery and Johana Keech, Beaminster Parish
Records 126
Baptism of Dinah, filia Eltwidi Pumery 126
FXJNERAL OF JOHANA UXOR ElTWITI PoMERY 127
Marriage Record of Eltweed Pomery and Marjory Rockett, at Crewkerne,
Somerset 128
Signatures of Eltweed Pomeroy 135-138
Commission of Seth Pomeroy as Major at Louisbourge 171
Commission of Seth Pomeroy as Colonel at Lake George 171
Col. Seth Pomeroy Chosen as FiRst Major-General of the Massachusetts
Army in the Revolution 829
Powers of the General Officers 829
Rate of Pay Est.vblished by the House of REPRESENT.\TrvES 830
Warrant for Pay Drawn in favor of Major-General Seth Pomeroy 832
Tablet on the Walls of the Chapel at West Point as First Brigadier-
General of the Continental Army , 832
Srrata~pi0a5^ ritang? in gour Tlolxmi^
1 Page 307, No.
955:
1 Page 317, No.
2852:
Page 343, No.
33(H:
Page 358, No.
1591:
Page 362, No.
3621:
Page 386, No.
3969:
Page 407, No.
4357:
Page 418, No.
4557:
Page 427, No.
2350:
Page 443, No.
2649:
Page 770, No.
7829:
Page 780, No.
8338:
Page 812, No.
10237 :
Index First, page 869
Index First, page 871
Mary Pomeroy to read, b. Sept. 4, 1787; not 1887.
Anna M. Dickenson to read, m. 1880; not 1830.
Elijah Pomeroy to read, b. June 11, 1786; not 1886.
Omit the death date of Thaddeus Spencer, who evidently died
soon after marriage; it was Capt. Thaddeus Spencer who died
Dec. 30, 1825.
Anna Pomeroy to read, m. May, 1818; not 1718.
To read son of Joel Pomeroy and Dolly Miller; not Mary Hale.
James Warriner Porter to read, m. (1) April 22, 1831; not 1851.
Sarah J. Taylor to read, who d. Aug. 26, 1885; not 1895.
Mary Pomeroy to read, d. 1845; not 1835.
Third line to read, he d. 1856.
Adam Rufus Brewer to read, b. Feb. 21, 1874; not 1904.
Omit comma after Thomas.
Walter A. Falvey to read, b. May 4, 1905.
second line, Ehzabeth = Solomon Smith, 1376; not 1378.
next to last line, read, Florento L. = Nora M. Dowd.
XV
Wftittrs of tI|F Pom^rng IFrnntlg Assurtatunt
President — H. Sterling Pomeroy^ AI.D., Boston, Mass.
Treasurer — George Eltweed Pomeroy, Toledo, Ohio.
Secretary and Historian — Albert A. Pomeroy^ Sandusky, Ohio.
Vice-Presidents — S. Harris Pomeroy, New Rochelle, N. Y.
Mrs. William W. Rodman, New Haven, Conn.
Miss Cornelia Roff Pomeroy, Southport, Conn.
Mrs. Deborah Jane Spaulding Darling, Lincoln, Mass.
Charles E. Pomeroy, Salt Lake City, Utah.
Chairman — Eltweed Pomeroy, Donna, Texas.
Henry Burt Pomeroy, Cortland, N. Y.
H. Sterling Pomeroy, M.D., Boston, Mass.
Miss Cornelia Roff Pomeroy, Southport, Conn.
Compose the Committee for the English investigation.
George Eltweed Pomeroy, Toledo, Ohio.
Albert A. Pomeroy, Sandusky, Ohio.
Committee for the American research.
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In presenting this volume to the Pomeroy Family in America, it is
my wholesome and earnest desire that you do not assume too readily
that it is a mortuary record; that it does not contain any information but
of birth and death dates : you are invited to discover that it also includes
a full measure of interesting historical episodes of those who first bore
the ancient and distinctive name of Pomeroy in Normandy and England, as
well as many of the enticing enterprises of youth, as represented by the
tenth, eleventh and twelfth generations of Pomeroy Life in America. And
youth is the most charming thing under the sun.
It was actually necessary that the loose ends of these annals should be
gathered up at this time, in order that those who have worked in the field
might count the sheaves ; and that we might not encroach on the supersti-
tious and intangible thirteenth generation. It is, however, possible that
small Pomeroy representatives of the thirteenth generation have already
found the way into the Twentieth Century through the channel which
has been so closely followed from the Tenth Centur\' ; but if so, they have
not yet made themselves known to the writer, and when they come to this
register of those who arrived earlier, they will be able to locate themselves ;
they will be proud to know who their grandfather and grandmother were,
and be happy in their vitality and the unbroken flow of their mysterious
blood-strain, which has found the way into their personality through Old
World romance and New World enterprise, and
"Let me recite to the yet unknowing world
How these things came about." — Shakespeare.
It is a history; it is a faithful chronicle of the action of some of the
makers of history, and of the determined women who have supported them
for more than ten centuries in their purpose to hand to their posterity the
desirable results of their endeavor and to suggest that they live again in
their children and grandchildren, with the belief that those children will
emulate and broaden the records of sterling and enduring qualities left to
them by their Sires.
As was said in the "Romance and Histor\ of Eltweed Pomeroy,"
"however democratic a man may be, he is usually vulnerable to a desirable
and wholesome ancestral pride." It is gratifying to know that many of his
ancestors were among those who laid the foundation of this great Republic.
From the time of the first settlement in New England to the Declaration
of Independence they were a remarkable race, and today their personal
characteristics of mind and body are represented in every state of the
Union. Their influence has been felt in the formation and development of
the government and its institutions. Practically, those New England Col-
onists have made the national force of which we are so proud, and which
late immigration of a different nature has not wholly obliterated.
It is well known that the more frequently a manuscript has been trans-
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cribed the wider it grows from the original, as errors will creep in, espec-
ially if such manuscript is composed of proper names and dates. As some
of the records which enter into this family history have been written and
rewritten many times by diverse persons it is evident that there will be
many errors in this book, which are now unavoidable. Many of the letters
sent out by the Annalist for more definite information have met with no
response, even with return postage inclosed. There is another phase to this
diffidence which is to be regretted, and which has made it impossible for
the Annalist to secure a complete accounting of all the descendants of
Eltweed Pomeroy. After the most persistent urging there are many of our
great ancestor's descendants who have absolutely ignored every effort to
obtain any part of their family records, and others who have, but partially
responded, so that many families will be presented without well-defined
and satisfactory information.
It has been suggested that the Annalist should hold open the avenues
of reception for another indefinite period ; but if that were done there is no
warrant that those who have been indifferent and apathetic toward the enter-
prise during the last quarter of a century would be any better qualified to
forward their records, or demonstrate any eagerness to do so. It is there-
fore to those who have been loyal and faithful to the work that we owe its
completion as early as possible. That is the reason for tying up the loose
ends of the thousands comprehended in the study as nearly as may be
that the copy may be placed in the hands of the publishers without further
delay.
During the past three years man}'- thousands of circulars have been
sent out from this office, distributed into every state in the Union, asking for
information and explicit data to complete each family mosaic; and the
status of the work has been defined from time to time by carefully prepared
articles in genealogical publications, such as the Journal of American His-
tory and in pamphlets and circulars by the Secretary. Under these diffi-
culties the Annalist does not hesitate to ask the indulgence of the subscribers
if they should find that some of the lines in which they may be more or less
interested are not complete. The initial expense of this work has been borne
by six of the kinsmen, as stated below, and it is to their generous interest
that credit for this volume is due.
The Annalist presumes to designate this genealogical work by the title :
"History of the Pomeroy Family," Illustrated, notwithstanding the probable
omissions referred to for the reason that it includes not only the families
of all the men who have responded to the various appeals, but the Pomeroy
mothers also, their children and grandchildren, so far as the data have been
furnished. While this new departure is not in accordance with genealog-
ical custom it is considered by the Annalist as commendable in many respects,
not the least of which may be mentioned the fact that the Pomeroy mothers
and their children have shed as much glory and respectability upon the name
and race as have the men. The scope of the work was originally intended
to include only the children and grandchildren of Pomeroy mothers, as
far as they elected to provide data, but the Secretary has claimed the
privilege of projecting another generation of the families whose interest
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has prompted them to subscribe for a copy of the "History of the Pomeroy
Family."
In this connection, I desire to ask attention to the original method
introduced in this volume of carrying through the book the collateral lines
by presenting the descendants of Pomeroy mothers in family groups. This
system not only enables the student to comprehend the collateral lines of
each family which has been so treated, at a glance, but avoids the confusion
incident to the projection of names other than Pomeroy throughout the book
in the several generations.
The desirable features of the Ancestral Chart presented in this work
will at once be apparent. The chart is so arranged that each descendant
of Eltweed Pomeroy and his sons, Medad, Caleb, Joshua and Joseph, can
work out his or her own lines in America, and attach all of their American
ancestors to those established in the chart. Some experimental lines have
been worked out, and as none of them showed more than 200 American
ancestors, 200 was established as the number of each son of Eltweed
Pomeroy. This subject will be dwelt upon more in detail on pages adjacent
to the Chart, in order that the explanation may not be lost sight of.
Part of the earliest records contained in this book were collected by
Dr. Williarfi W. Rodman and Eltweed Pomeroy. and they were classified
by Doctor Rodman. It was also Dr. Rodman who first conceived the idea
of compiling a genealogy of the American Pomeroys. He deserves a large
share of credit for his industry and persistence, which continued up to
the time of his death. His collection then came into the hands of Mrs.
Henry Thorp Bulkley (Rebekah Wheeler Pomeroy), who continued the
research with great patience while suffering from an incurable organic
disease, and death came to her before she had fairly entered upon the labor
she loved. It is sad to reflect that her application to the work may have
deprived her of a large measure of comfort and shortened her life. It is
said that a short time previous to her death she designated the present
Secretary as being qualified to go forward with the enterprise, and in an
evil hour, without knowledge of the difficulties and diffidence he was to
meet at every stage, he was prevailed upon to accept the task. Six earnest
kinsmen relieved the strain, however.
It is proper to state here in preface, that Mrs. Anna Grosvenor
(Pomeroy) Rodman at once forwarded the collection of Pomeroy records
of her late husband to the Secretary personally, for the benefit and use
of the Pomeroy family. Commendation is also due for the collection of
Mrs. Rebekah (Pomeroy) Bulkley, that of Sardis Pomeroy Chapman,
that of Judge George Pomeroy Cobb, that of Chester Pomeroy Dewey, that
of Eltweed Pomeroy, and that of S. Harris Pomeroy, the latter covering
a period of fifteen years.
In addition to the collections specified above, the Pomeroy Family
Association is indebted to other members of the family for their interest
and industry in collecting and forwarding data, among whom should be
mentioned, first, Mrs. Deborah Jane Spaulding (Pomeroy) Darling, Mr.
Charles E. Pomeroy, Miss Dorliska Elizabeth Sheldon, Mrs. Lucretia
(Pomeroy) King, Dr. H. Sterling Pomeroy, Mrs. Emma Jane (Brockett)
Judd, George Pomeroy Anderson, Harry M. Sheldon and others, who not
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only completed their own family lines for several generations, but furnished
data for many other lines for those who were stoically indifferent.
Of the contributions of cash that may have been made, only those that
have conie to my personal knowledge as Secretary of the Pomeroy Family
Association are acknowledged here : Mr. S. Harris Pomeroy ' of New
York City, $625 ; Mr. George E. Pomeroy of Toledo, Ohio, $289 ; Dr. H.
Sterling Pomeroy of Boston, :\Iass., $17j : Mr. Henry Burt Pomerov of
Cortland, X. Y., $55; Mrs. Lucretia Pomeroy of Pittsfield, Mass., $10:
Mr. Thomas :M. Shepherd of Northampton,' $10; Miss Cornelia Ellen
Hubbard of Geneseo, III, $5 ; :\Ir. Charles E. Pomerov of Salt Lake Citv,
SIO; A. A. Pomeroy of Sandusky, Ohio, S70; making a total of $1,249. Of
this amount $600 was expended in the English and French expedition, and
visit to Normandy, the expense of the Secretary (in the interest of the Asso-
ciation) being about ^6.&) per day. The expense attending the American
research, postage, printing, etc.. has been about $800. of which about $350
was received from the sale of the Pamphlet, "Romance and Historv of
Ekweed Pomeroy 's Ancestors in Normandy and England," prepared by the
Historian in 1909. The mission to England and Normandv was made
possible by a contribution of $250 by Geo. E. Pomeroy of Toledo. Ohio;
and the wish was expressed by each contributor that his' offering was to be
devoted to that purpose. In addition to his contribution mentioned above.
Mr. George Eltweed Pomeroy of Toledo, Ohio, has paid $50 for painting and
engraving the handsome "achievement" of the Pomeroy ancestors in England,
which is presented to you in this volume, with the colors and arms of some
of the allied families, whose names you will find in the ancestral tables
which accompany this achievement.
Of the 2,000 names on the mailing list of the Secretary, but fifty-one
are members of the Pomeroy Family Association, and they have paid in
fees and dues during the three years' of the life of the organization, $100.
It can, therefore, be readily understood that the so-called association has
never been depended upon for financial assistance of consequence.
As the time and labor involved in the compilation of this volume has
been done without compensation, the Annalist has the audacity to hope for
indulgence when the readers come to reckon the faults that are bound up
with^ any merits the book may contain. The "History of the Pomeroy
Family" is now respectfully submitted to the consideration of all interested
as a partial register of those who bear the ancient and distinctive name
"Pomeroy" throughout the world.
ALBERT A. POMEROY.
Sandusky, Ohio, March 3, 1912.
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"For a thousand years in thy sight
Are but as yesterday when it is past."
— Psalm xc.
HE name "Neustra" is sometimes used as equivalent to
Normandy, but of the old Xeustra, Normandy formed
only a small part, as did France. France was separated
from Neustra as Normandy was separated from France.
At its widest territory Normandy reaches the Rivers Eu
and Epte. The former empties into the English Channel
near the town of Eu, from which Richard Bienfaite, son of
Gilbert Crispin, takes his name, while the Epte flows in
the opposite direction and joins the Seine at Vernon, the ancestral home
of Herlv/yn, Viscount de Vernon, who married Harleva, mother of William
the Conqueror, by whom he had Bishop Odo and Robert of Mortaine. The
two streams mentioned form the boundary nearly their entire course.
The land thus separated from France comprises the districts in which we
are interested, Caux, Talou, Rouen, Evreux, Lisieux, Bayeux (Bessin),
Avranches and Coutances, (the Cotentin peninsula), Hiesmois and part of
Vexin, Normandy, formed almost all the seaboard of France and the
mouth of the River Seine forms almost the entire coast line of Calvados.
That Normandy was cut off from the Duchy of the House of Paris
in the strict sense, and not from the territory of the Carolingian King, is
the key to that abiding rivalry between the Duchies of France and Nor-
mandy which was inherent in the history of the two lands, and was an
important element in the general history of Europe. The close connection
which later arose between Normandy and England handed on to England
the inheritance of that rivalry. Robert, son of Robert the Strong, was at
this time (912) Duke of the French, and in 922 was elected opposition
King to the King of Carolingia, Charles the Simple. RoUo, who had been
christened Robert, kept faith with King Charles against both Robert, Duke
of the French, and his son, Hugh the Great, although the Duke of Paris
was his God- Father.
History cites but one short period when Normandy was divided
against itself after it had been acquired by the Northmen. This was in
1047, when Guy de Brionne, (whose descendants in three instances inter-
married with the Pomeroys), son of Reginald, Count of the Bergundian
Palatinate, by a daughter of Richard the Good, tried to supplant William,
afterward known as the Conqueror, in the eastern district. William obtained
the help of the King of France and at the battle of Val-es-dunes fully
established his sovereignty of the entire province.
"La Normandie Illustrie" declares that the history of Normandy, that
province which has been the mother of several kingdoms, "is not less inter-
esting or worthy of remembrance than that of the greatest empires. Its
capital, Rouen, the witness of so many important events, the theatre of
so many celebrated dramas of history, the cradle of a history so active as
it has been industrious, merits above all others to be the object of the
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attention and study of those minds which are stimulated by an intelligent
curiosity." The second act of the drama was the departure of William the
Conqueror with his companions of Xormandy for the Conquest of England.
And in the year 1911 Rouen is again the witness that her sons do not
forget. She is the witness of the third act of the drama, the return of
the descendants of those who played their several parts on the great stage
of life after a thousand years of civilization have sped away; a civilization
which will ever bear the hall-mark of the Norman Warrior and States-
man. Representatives in whom the Xorman blood has stirred for 1000
years have come together before the shrines of the capital of the ancient
province which was offered up by the French King as the price of peace.
It mav have been an intelligent curiosity which led your historian into Xor-
mandy at this time, but it is more likely that it was an inherent love of
romantic family history which he was certain to find in many localities of
this ancient province. However, he anticipated the thousandth anniversary
by a few weeks and lingered long enough at Rouen to become imbued with
the atmosphere of the splendid city, and passed on up the River Seine to
Les Andelys, where Sir Henry de Pomeroy (4th generation), then Pre-
posituro or Provost of the Duke of X^ormandy. was an important actor.
It was here at Les Andelys that King Richard I. of England built his
stronghold, the Castle Gaillard, called the "Saucy Castle" on account of some
questionable events which transpired there in the time of King Louis X.
of France. While John, brother of King Richard, was King of England,
this castle and the entire province of X'^ormandy was wrested from him by
King Philip II., hence his name of John Lackland. The castle of Gaillard
afterward became a state prison for France, and in 1314 was the scene of
the murder of ^largaret of Burgundy, wife of Louis X. It was one of her
fancies to have young men, strangers, brought to her to view her charms,
after which she would have them assassinated and thrown into the River
.Seine, which ran at the base of "Saucy Castle." King Richard erected
the Castle of Gaillard to command the navigation of the Seine and to pro-
tect >formandy against the French monarchs, about 1195-6, before he led
the crusade into the Holy Land. It was here, perhaps, that the feud
between King Richard and Henry de Pomeroy was established. The
latter allied himself with John in conspiracy upon the King's return from.
captivity and seized Mount St. Michael in Cornwall and held it for John
against King Richard until the accession of the younger brother to the
throne of England.
On the bights above Le Petit Andely rises slowly the grim ruins of
the old Chateau Gaillard, and on the island opposite still remain the
picturesque ruins of a chateau built at an earlier date. This formidable
fortress of Richard Coeur de Lion was constructed and received its arma-
ment in a single year, and frowns upon the village of La Petit Andely from
its elevation. When King Philippe decided to acquire for France the
territory of X'ormandy after the mysterious death of Prince Arthur at
Rouen, which was at the time ascribed to King John of England, he
placed both the fortress of Gaillard and the Chateau on the island under
siege, the progress of which was terrible to the inhabitants of La Petit
Andely. which received destruction from the bombards thrown by both
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was dismantled by King Henry I\". of France in 1663, as were the castles
of several dangerous Norman Barons. However, during the French Revo-
lution it was used as a prison, and in 1795 was ceded by the convention to
the Academies or Societies of Savants, who had hitherto met in the Louvre ;
its name was then changed to Palace de I'lnstitute, and it was not again
employed as a school.
Returning down the Seine from Paris to Havre, your Historian took
advantage of a batteaux, plying between that port and Trouville, to cross
the mouth of the Seine and again enter Normandy, going by rail from
Trouville to Dives, an objective point for the verification of his records,
by obtaining some more tangible proof that the name Pomeroy has endured
for upward of 900 years. Dives is notable for being the port in which
the fleet assembled which conveyed the Norman invaders to the shores of
England. It is therefore an ancient town of great interest. The first
structure that attracts the attention of visitors is the old church where
Bishop Odo, William's half-brother, dispensed blessings and courage to the
army of invasion. Upon the wall over the main entrance is placed a stone
tablet upon which the names of the Sires and Tenants-in-Chief, Companions
of William the Conqueror in his subjugation of England, are engraved.
Conspicuous in this list is the name of our ancestor, Raoul de La Pommeraie.
As this is an evidence and a testimony, your Historian lost no time in
securing a photograph of the entire list, which will be readable in the half-
tone cut presented here. Photographs were also secured of the old church,
interior and exterior, used to illustrate these pages. This verification of
Pomeroy tradition that our name is very ancient and distinctive, is indeed
gratifying. Further investigation located the monument or collonne il-
lustrated and described on another page, erected to commemorate the great
campaign which gave to our forefather those broad and fertile manors in the
heart of Devonshire, and Devonshire is the gem of England today. And the
dwellers in the Channel Islands, which belonged to Normandy, naively insist
that the "Channel Islands do not belong to England, but that England
belongs to them," and they say it in their Norman-French language.
Situated at the small village of Dives, near the sea-coast in Calvados,
is the hostellerie de Guillaume le Conquerant, one of the most ancient and
celebrated inns of France. It looks out over the barren waste of land which
has reclaimed itself from the channel, and it was from here that William,
Duke of the Normans, set forth for the conquest of England.
The ancient harbor at the mouth of the river Dives has been filled up
with sand, and a pillar (described on another page) marks the spot where
the Conqueror is supposed to have set sail. The village, once an important
place on the coast, contains some interesting carved houses and a church.
It is an historic and almost a sacred spot, this little Dives, with its famous
inn, and one to which the pilgrim may well repair with pleasure and
advantage.
The hotel itself is quite picturesque, a wood and plaster construction
of the Norman type, built around a court, with rambling rooms and exterior
staircases. The beams are blackened with age and carved in designs of
the sixteenth century, and the comers of the court are softened by climb-
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ing roses, wistaria, and other vines. They riot about the quaint balconies
of the second story, and ornament them with floral decorations charming to
behold. This is the ideal of the French inn, and is so well known and
appreciated that its fame has gone over the world.
The heroic equestrian bronze statue of the Conqueror at Falaise is
admirably executed, and well placed to attract quick interest from all
visitors. This old walled city is the birthplace of. William, and though a
minor and of illegitimate birth he was accepted as Duke of the Normans on
the death of his father. That part of his reign, which comes between the
battle of Val-es-Dunes and the invasion of England was the great day
of Normandy as a wholly independent power.
But your Historian was too far north to become personally familiar
with the Norman home of our great ancestor, and transportation being
uncertain in the French language, he made another invasion in the Chan-
nel passenger steamer Princess Ena, Arthur Noble Pomeroy, First Officer,
the port of destination being St. Malo, by way of the Race and Swinge
past the Channel Islands. About 6.00 a. m. we ran into a fog and cast
anchor between Alderney and Cape la Hague, lying there until 4.00 p. m.
and did not reach St. Malo until 8.00 o'clock.
Castle Cornet, on the island of Guernsey, which we passed soon after
the fog lifted, has been a stronghold of importance since the days of
Henry 11. Down to 1672 it was the residence of the Governor of the Island.
Here was the prison in which Gen. Lambert and other noted persons were
confined. During Edward III.'s reign the French attacked Castle Cornet
but could not hold it for long. In 1372 the Castle saw some fierce fighting.
Ivan de Galles, a Welshman whose father had been executed by Edward
III. and whose estates had been forfeited, obtained ships and assistance
from Charles V. of France. He landed, and, after a severe battle, defeated
Edmund Ross, the Governor, who fled to Castle Cornet. Here he was
safe. Captain William Pomeroy (see 024 and letter from the Duke
of Brittany), a noted and scientific artillerist, was in command; the Castle
was strong and well protected by artillery. The siege was finally abandoned
by Ivan under the advice of the French King.
In December, 1643, three commissioners of Guernsey, who were in-
vested by Parliament with plenary powers and instructions to seize the
person of Sir Peter Osborne (the Royalist Governor) at Castle Cornet,
were by strategy, enticed to the castle and were themselves imprisoned
with promise of short shift. During the night they cut their way through
the floor into a room below, where was stored some cotton. A rope was
made from the cotton by means of which the commissioners escaped,
although fired upon by the sentries.
A few years later the castle was still held for the King. The garrison
capitulated on December 15, 1651, being the last in the British Isles to
submit to the Long Parliament. In 1672 the Castle was partially blown up
through lightning firing the powder magazine. Subsequently it was re-
garded unfavorably as a stronghold, for many of the defences were in
ruins. It has since been repaired and accommodates the royal artillery,
but for practical purposes of war its duties have been taken over by Fort
George. Castle Cornet stands on the outermost projection of the pier in
the harbor of St. Peter Port.
The city of St. Alalo is built upon the rock of St Aaron, at the
mouth of the river Ranee, and the quaint houses are inclosed by imposing
ramparts. St. Malo, the walled city, is on the left, and as the Princess Ena
approaches there is a splendid view. The cathedral dates from the ninth
century. The expedition we are now about to proceed with will be in the
nature of a forced march and we must go forward. The primitive rail-
ways through Normandy are very accommodating, as one must change
cars at nearly every station, thus affording the tourist an opportunity of
becoming acquainted with each hamlet on the line while waiting for the
connection. After leaving St. Malo we made stops of some duration at
Dinan and Dol, before reaching Pontorson, where a change is made to
tram-cars which run to St. Michael's ]Mount. Dinan is also a walled city
and actually betrays its age, having been founded about the time that RoUo
acquired the province of Normandy, 911 A. D. There is also a castle or
prison here which frowns upon the sluggish river Ranee. Bertrand du
Glesclin is the hero of Dinan. He was Constable of France, 1314-1380,
and there is a statue to his honor near the center of the place where he
met an English knight in single combat and overthrew him. The Castle was
erected in 1380 by Duke John of Brittany. Dol has a magnificent cathedral.
It does seem that if these people had a fine church edifice they were
well equipped for life against all the ills of the cold world. The castle at
Dol is owned by the Chateaubriand family. It is a few miles away from
the town and is one of the few remaining fortresses of the Norman period.
One of the chief curiosities of the village is the ]\Ienhir Stone, and to
insure its orthodoxy it supports a cross at the summit. But as we are
searching for records we will proceed to Mount St. Michael, as Pontorson's
only attraction is a fine Norman church and railway center. We reach the
Mount, the last mile along a causeway, like that at i\Iount St. Michael in.
Cornwall, built in 1880, to facilitate the passage over treacherous sands.
St. Michael's Mount in Normandy, the counterpart of St. Michael's
Mount in Cornwall, is rich in historic interest, and during King John's
reign touching intimately the Pomeroy ancestry. It has been said that the
"foolish Couesnon river (between Brittany and Normandy), by its innum-
erable turnings placed St. Michael's Mount in the territory of Normandy,
when it logically belonged to Brittany." This view was also entertained
by many of the Kings of France, and several efforts were made to secure
possession of it by storm and strategy. The Mount has at all times
attracted the attention of warriors, and the granite cone, 75 meters (about
260 feet) high, which constitutes its base, has always been surmounted
by a temple and fortress. The Gauls had there a college for druidresses
where they gave oracles. The Romans, masters of Gaul, abolished the
religion of the Druids and raised an altar to Jupiter on the Mount, which
then took the name of Jupiter's Mount. The Franks, when they became
Christians, elevated on the south side of the rock two oratories. Eventually,
the Mount was acquired by Richard I., Duke of Normandy, son of William
Longsword, who took down the oratories, and in 966 had built on the
summit of the granite rock an immense church, surrounded by spacious
and enduring embrasures. Then in a chart ratified by King Lothaire, and
by a bull of Pope John XII,. he installed there thirtv Benedictine
monks. From 1017 to 1023 Richard 11. (The Good), Duke of Normandy,
son of Richard L, laid the foundation of a still larger edifice, enlarging
the surface by massive arches. These subterranean constructions form
part of the foundation of the fortress and church. In walking through
the domed apartments one feels oppressed by, the immensity and weight
of the structure. In the fifteenth century the Abbey of St. Michael's
Mount attained the apogee of its grandeur.' It possessed bv gift not only
Tombelaine (another granite rock lying all but submerged to the Channe'l
front), but also the Chansy Isles, Jersey, Guernsey, and even some terri-
tory in England, including Cornwall. St. :\Iichael's :Mount was the last
stronghold remaining to King John in Normandy. An engraving pre-
sents a vivid picture of the batde on the strand when Philip II. of France
obtained possession of the fortress, and King John acquired the surname
of John Lackland. However, the English in turn made frequent attacks
upon the :Mount, and it was not until the treaty of peace in 1450 that the
abbey was delivered from its enemies. It is interesting to note that the
History of King Henry VHI. gives Sir Gyles de La Pomerov the honor
of writmg the treaty of peace which ended the one hundred years war
between France and England. Sir Gyles de La Pomerov was the French
Ambassador to the Court of St. James.
Avranches is another walled small city, set on a hill, and is fourteen
miles from Pontorson. It is old and substantially built and quite inter-
estmg with its splendid churches, the botanical gardens, and museums. It
IS here that the penitential stone of Henry II. is located (formerly the
Cathedral doorstep), on which the King knelt and received absolution for
the sin he swore to the Pope's legates that he had neither committed nor
desired. The inscription recites:
"On this stone here at the door of the Cathedral of Avranches after
the murder of Thomas a' Becket, Archbishop of Canterbury, Henry II.,
King of England and Duke of Normandy, received on his knees from the
legates of the Pope the apostolic absolution, on Sunday, 21st May, 1172."
_ From the great park here may be seen perhaps the finest panorama
in France, and in a circuit of about twenty miles are located the towns of
Mortain, the home of the half-brother of WilHam the Conqueror; Con-
tanville, the home of Herlwin, Viscount de Vernon, father of Bishop Odo
and Robert de Mortaine ; Vere, Falaise, Coutances, the home of Bishop of
Coutances, which is but a few miles distant from St. Saveur de La
Pommeraie, the home of Radulphus, the ancestor of the American Pomerovs
which stands some two miles to the left of the railroad ; also La Pommerav'
lying between Pontorson and Pontaubault, near the railroad; St. Lo the
w^- °^ ^^chard de Bienfaite, son of Gilbert Crispin, (the guardia'n of
Wilham the Conqueror), and his brother Baldwin de Mules de Brionne,
Ctarl of Devonshire), Bienfaite being founder of the house of Clare;
ijougeres, Montseret, and other hamlets, some with thatched roofs. All of
the names of these Norman towns were borne by companions of William
and will be found by the reader inscribed on the tablet from the church at
Uives. Leaving Coutances, and going north by the railroad lined with apple
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orchards, Falaise was soon reached. From here a dog cart, similar to those
used in Devon, but of stronger build, conveyed your Historian to the child-
hood home of our great ancestor. St. Sauveur de La Pommeraie. No one
would harbor the thought that this was the home of one of those turbulent
spirits which went forth to battle and to conquest. The dress, the stature
and the customs of the present-day Norman have none of the aggressive
force of the habitat of the tenth century, although this thatched-roof hamlet
is perhaps in the enjoyment of the same commercial enterprise of that age.
But as far as business activity is concerned it may not be so far behind
Beaminster, the English home of Eltweed Pomeroy. our immediate ancestor.
He departed in 1630, not only to escape undesirable religious and political
conditions, but the inertia of the industrial perspective. He doubtless
found it impossible to live among the environments which obtaiiied at Bea-
minster without an actual living income, continuous and independent of
mental or manual labor, as no one appeared to have anything to do. It
has been said that there were still some evidences of a ruined castle here
at St. Sauveur de La Pommeraie. but time has smothered them, the only break
in the surface of the earth and the surrounding foliage being about a mile
distant from the hamlet with its attractive church, near the headvv"aters of
the River Taute. To the north and east is Baieux (Bessin), famous for
its old tapestries. On one of them, during the reign of Edward the Con-
fessor, Harold the Saxon is represented as marching with the Norman
William to Mount Saint Michel, there crossing the Coueson river, and
having many of the men in danger from the quicksands now there. In
the tapestry Mount Saint Michel is represented by a castle upon a small
hillock. The Duke and his army appear on horseback.
Continuing the journey through La ^^lanche, we reached in due time
the city of Cherbourg, the chief naval station of France, near the western
extremity of the Cotentin peninsula. The extensive breakwater which pro-
tects the harbor was undertaken by Napoleon and was not completed until-
1850. It contains a large naval dockyard, and is defended at the eastern
approach to the harbor by Fort Imperial on the Isle Pelee, and Fort
Chavagnac, equally powerful, defends the western entrance. The naval
dockyard lies to the northwest of the town, and the docks are of great
dimensions, allowing war vessels of deep draught to enter fully equipped
with guns and stores. A line of passenger steamers owned by the London
and Southwestern railway plies regularly from Southampton to Cherbourg.
and it was upon the small steamer Southwestern that your Historian crossed
the English Channel and returned to London, with corroborative evidence
that the Pomeroy name has endured for nine hundred years, and that our
ancestor left monuments behind him of villages which still bear his name.
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Many of those interested in the Pomeroy Family History who have
followed up the work of the Secretary and Annalist, will recognize some
of the material introduced in this prelude to the activities of the race in
Normandy and England, as having been transcribed from the Pomeroy
pamphlet, "Romance and History of Eltweed Pomeroy 's Ancestors in
Normandy and England," and from "The Journal of American History,"
1910, in which appeared a Pomeroy article, illustrated. However, it is
necessary to reproduce some of the matter referred to in the Genealogical
Book in order that we may approach the great collection of English vital
statistics pertaining to the Pomeroy race in a logical manner and by chrono-
logical sequence, to demonstrate the great influence of the race on English
and American civilization.
Charles the Simple was King of France when Rollo, or Rolf-Ganger,
a Norwegian Chief, succeeded in establishing himself and his followers
in Nonnandy as an invader, and there was no peace until King Charles
gave up to him the entire province and his sister in marriage. The
Scandinavian history is as poetic as that of the Greeks, and as brave as
that of the Romans. Although the Scandinavians did not represent a
nation, they did represent a people, a race of warlike men, with ambitions
and purposes in common. Their energy and enterprise of conquest caused
the results which have been looming large before the world. They lived
as plain people of endurance and as conquerors. From the desolation of
ice in which they were born and nurtured, they sailed out in their small
dragon ships and conquered England, Scotland, Ireland, France, Italy and
Russia, and having discovered Greenland and Iceland, colonized them. It
is insisted with some proof that they crossed the Atlantic in their small
ships of war and discovered this continent years before Columbus, and that
they anchored in Vineyard Sound and left a monument of their presence
behind them. And wherever they went they ruled as men of might.
Radulphus de Pomeraie of La Pomeraie, in Normandy, was a descen-
dant of the Norsemen, and a companion of William the Conqueror. Free-
man in his History of England has said the "Normans in the time of
William were the most turbulent and aggressive class in Europe ;" but those
war-sons of the mysterious North were a magnificent race of men, and
eventually produced the noblest elements of civilization, a tribute to their
persistent energy and firm determination to improve their condition.
"POMERAIE: Castellans of La Pommeraie, Normandy." — (De Gerville
Anchiens Chateaux de la Manche.) '
"A fragment of this Norman stronghold still remains in the Cinglais, not
far from Falaise. It is there called Chateau Ganne (Ganelon's Castle), a
name given in Normandy to more than one such ruin, and commemorating the
infamous traitor of Romance, who betrayed the Christian host —
'When Charlemagne with all his peerage fell
By Fontarabia!'
"It is really the Chateaux de la Pommeraie, and here no doubt was the
original 'Pomeraie,' or orchard which gave name to the stronghold of the
family." — (Handbook of Devon.)
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It has been asserted by historians that, "The science which treats of
the origin and descent of families is not less important to the living than
the knowledge of history and geography." It teaches us to distinguish and
know those who have had an influence for good on the destinies of the
country in which they lived, and the character of those whose activities
have been beneficial to their fellow-men ; also, to give us clear and explicit
knowledge of the degree of relationship that exists among us.
Mr.' Kech, the historian, says : 'The House of Capet is the only one
that can boast of a pedigree that reaches back to the middle of the ninth
century-; and that few families who have occupied the thrones of former
dynasties in Europe, can trace their genealogy beyond the twelfth cen-
tury;" and those royal houses have been closely cared for in their integrity
by official scribes. It is to be considered, then, almost impossible for a
private family to trace its lineage back to the eleventh century under the
name of its first progenitor. However, the famous Roll of Battle Abbey
has always been considered by old families in England as a good foundation
upon which to build ancestral lines, and we will abide by that.
In the present generation no one would invest many pounds sterling to
have his name added to that Roll, and the monks would drive but a sorry
trade in comparison with their former enterprise, as they were then very
accommodating. The pride of ancestry has in a great measure passed away ;
and the submerging wave of democracy is day by day obliterating the old
traditions that were once held so dear, and in many instances there is not
sufficient earnestness to enable one to complete a Family ^losaic. Of the
great array of time-honored names which first appeared on the Battle Abbey
Roll, it is believed that very few are now borne by representatives in the
male line. Some descendants survive under the names of their manors,
for which, according to the early medieval practice still prevalent in
Scotland and England, they exchange their own. More still are probably
lost to sight in poverty and obscurity and have broken all the links which
connected them with their former degree. The class included in this
latter category, though unknown and almost unsuspected, is a very consid-
erable one. Especially is this true of the younger branches of the parent
stock.
An extract from England and the English on this subject, offers the
following testimony: "William the Conqueror divided England among the
commanders of his army, and conferred about twenty earldoms ; not one of
these exist todav. Nor do any of the honors conferred bv WilHani Rufus.
1087-1100; Hen'rv I., 1100-1135; Stephen, 1135-1154; Henry II., 1154-1189;
Richard I., 1189-1199; or John, 1199-1216. All the dukedoms created from
the institution of Edward III., 1327-1377, down to the commencement of the
reign of Charles 11. , 1649, except Norfolk, Somerset and Cornwall (the title
held by the Prince of Wales), have perished. Winchester and Worcester, the
latter merged in the dukedom of Beaufort, are the only marquisates older
than George III., 1760-1820. Of all the earldoms conferred by the Normans,
Plantagenets, and Tudors, only eleven remain, and six of these are merged
in higher honors."
At times, the old knights of the Pomeroy race made some splendid
errors in the strife for fame and fortune. However, those mistakes con-
sisted chiefly in their determination to hold with the strong hand the
honors they had won on the field of battle, and to improve the condition
of their retainers. It was for these reasons that they were so frequently
found in arms against constituted authority; or in rebellion against un-
desirable political or religious conditions. If there were no cause for per-
sonal dissatisfaction they were to be found fighting by the side of their
King when he was at war with a foreign enemy.
It seems to the writer, however, that the best characteristics the
American people have developed are inherited from those noble men and
women who gave up all of their Old World comforts, their life of com-
parative ea§e and safety, for convictions of right and liberty of conscience,
with a courage which the civilization and privileges we enjoy today prevent
any of us from equalling. It is, however, our privilege, and it is considered
our duty, now that we have attained to the best conditions that the most
sanguine of those early pioneers in America even conjectured, to go back to
the dusty records of the Feudal Age, and bring forward our ancestors.
Individuals of the Pomeroy Family have been at work to that end for
twenty years and more in a desultory way.
Eltweed (Ethelweed) (Eltwood) Pomeroy, the progenitor of the race
in America bearing that name,
Stands on the far frontier of the Border land,
Where we can note the merge when light and shadow meet
And death comes swinging by zvith rapid feet,
the conjunction between the undesirable conditions in the Old World and
the splendid achievements in the New. While the interest in the Pomeroy
Family Tree is not limited to its being rooted in aristocratic soil, that
interest is also quite profound and has its right to be considered. As hered-
itary surnames were not in universal use until the close of the eleventh
century, it is proper and perhaps essential in the interest of genealogical
accuracy that we should furnish testimony to sustain the claim that we are
entitled to the name "Pomeroy" and its derivation. Bardsley, in "English
Surnames," asserts that the Normans first established surnames in England,
and that before the close of the eleventh century "Fathers had no definite
soubriquet to hand down to their children with other property. In fact
the name of Ralph Pomeraie's father was simply "Roger," the designation
being "of La Manche;" and his brother was known as "William Capra,"
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who also received from the haiids of William the Conqueror 22,000 acres
of Saxon lands.
Radulphus (Ralph) de la Pomeraie of St. Samneur de la Pommeraie,
in the department of La ]Manche, Normandy, was evidently one of the first
to be dignified with a surname, and as it is a place name it may be con-
jectured that he was a man of some note in the eleventh century. He, in
turn, conferred it upon his stronghold, Beri Pomeraie. -(now spelled Berry
Pomeroy), which is evidence that notwithstanding- the difference in the
spelling the name is identical. Perhaps quotations from other authorities
on the method of spelling the name may be of interest :
"The Norman People" says : Pomerais were Castillians of La Pomerai.
as do Dugdale, Banks and Hovedon. The Frazier Magazines spell it
Pomerai. In Victoria History, Exon Domesday Book, and Leland's Itin-
erary, Camden Society, it is given Pomerei. Somerset Domesday and
Prince's "Worthies of Devon'' spell the name Pommeraye. The Duchess
of Cleveland in her "Battle Abbey Roll," makes the name Pomerie. Burke's
Landed Gentry says the name was variously spelled, "Pomerae," "Pomerei,"
"Pomeraye," "Pommeraie," and "Pomeroy," until 1540, when the latter
rendition was universally adopted.
Palgrave's Normandy and England says the "Cotentin family of
Pommeraye."
Lamer's Dictionary of Family Names gives it "Pommeraye" also.
The Penny Cyclopedia and Bardsley's Surnames, "Pomeroy," as do
the Devonshire and Cornwall Domesday Surveys. Beauties of England and
Wales and Fairbaim's Book of Family Crests say "Pomeroy," and Froude's
England, Notes and Queries (all series), John Tims' Abbeys, Castles, etc.,
all spell "Pomeroy."
And I may add that in "Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors of the
Revolutionary War," published by the Secretary of that Commonwealth,
which records the name more than two hundred times, it is spelled in many
different ways, beginning with "Pamroy," running through the vowels
variously placed, and closing with "Pumroy," the editor in a note, how-
ever, identifying all as "Pomeroy;" and may "Virtue and Courage be the
Companions" of all who bear it.
It will be noted that the descendants of Sir Ralph de Pomeroy who
were bom in England and presented in this genealogical study, are not
confined to the line of the oldest son of each family, but all are carried
forward who have been of record from Joscelinus de Pomeroy (1100) to
1700 and more without confusion, as we have collected them by personal
research, and by the voluntary assistance of Mrs. Deborah Pomeroy Darling.
Cotentin, the native home of the Pomeroy family, formed the most
important part of the department of La Manche. Its capital was Coutances.
It was settled by the Normans, and annexed to Normandy in the reign of
the second Duke of the Normans, William Longsword, about 930. It
>s said that a fragment of the Pomeraie Castle still remains at Cinglais,
near Falais.
With these few words by way of qualification, we will accompany
^ir Radulphus (Raoule) de la Pommeraie into England, leaving behind
I|l0t0rg of th? j^omgrog iFamtl^ IS
an engraved testimony that he was of Normandy, and a Companion of
William, Duke of the Nonnans :
There is now a tablet on the western wall of the nave of the Church
at Dives, above the entrance, which contains a list of the followers of
William the Conqueror, and in this tablet is cut the name :
It was on the 17th day of August, 1862, that this list was placed in
the church at Dives. It was inaugurated by the Societe Francaise d'
Archeologies. Numerous delegates of learned societies of the cities and
towns of Normandy, and of other provinces, which furnished the supporters
of the Conqueror, attended the ceremonies. The column to commemorate
the embarkation was erected in 1861 by M. de Caumont at his own expense.
The inscription to the list of names is :
"Les Compagnous de Guillaume a la Conquete de I'Angleterre, eu 1066;
par M. Leopold Delisle, Alembre de ITnstitute."
"The modest column which is placed here will tell to our countrymen,
to travelers and to seamen, that at the foot of this slope, at the mouth of
the Dives, Duke William assembled the fleet which transported his powerful
army to the coast of England, after having tarried some time at St. Vallery.
It will recall to mind that this army encamped during a month upon this
shore before its embarkation. Dives was, in the eleventh century, one of
the chief ports of the Duchy. It was the natural port of this vast plain
which separates us from Falaise, the cradle of the Conqueror. It was the
port of I'Hiemois, of Seez, and of the Comte of Alencon. From the plains
of Falaise and I'Hiemois, the Duke may have shown his captains the
eminence upon which this monument stands, for it is visible for fifteen
leagues in every direction. He may have said to them:
" 'Je vous denne rendezvous siir cette colline au pied de laquelle- vous
trouverez ma Uotte.' "*
In the Battle Abbey Roll appears also the name of Hugue Pomeraie,
who was Ralph's brother, but as the name does not again appear in English
history, or in the Domesday books, we must assume that Hugue was either
slain in the battle of Hastings, October 14, 1066, or that he had changed
his name after he had come into possession of large estates, as was and
still is the custom of English land-holders. The writer is more inclined
to the theory that Hugue Pomeraie made a change in his name, as we find
in the Domesday books, and the Victoria Histories, a companion of the
Conqueror called WiUiam Capra, who is credited by many authorities as
being a brother of Sir Ralph de Pomeraie, and to whom William gave
forty-six manors or honors, with an area of 22,000 acres. As we have
never seen the name of William Capra quoted in any of the so-called Battle
Abbey Rolls, the contention is that he was the Hugue Pomeraie who at-
tended the Duke William into England.
After his splendid conquest, William, Duke of the Normans, divided
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reservation, or to the church by gift, into seven hundred baronies, or great
fiefs, which he bestowed on his companions and particular friends, and
those especially who had signalized themselves in his service, but mainly
on those who had participated with him in the battle of Hastings or Senlac.
These baronies were then subdivided into 60.215 knight's fees. Several
generations elapsed after the Conquest before any one family of Saxon
derivation attained any considerable honors equivalent to the rank of Baron
of the Realm.
Legal proof of a lineage for 700 years is often necessary to establish
a claim to a barony or earldom by tenure. In such event the Domesday
Books are the last court of appeal. The descent of property is more
valuable. The proof of ancient demesne still rests with the Domesdav
Survey. The Victoria History states that although the legal utility of the
Domesday record is small the antiquarian as well as the family or national
historian, "will find great assistance and gratification in consulting the
record, containing as it does, the name and title of every person of im-
portance eight centuries back, the situation, nature and extent of all their
estateS; and in some instances, the names of their fathers, wives, and
children. Almost every page of modern peerage-books may be referred to
as an evidence of the utility and importance of this first census of England."
The writer has discovered to his great satisfaction that the above
statement is literally true, and the connection of the American Pomeroys
with the old English stock is no longer a problem; on the contrary, it is
a mystery why the conjunction was not discovered years ago.
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The Victoria Histories of the Counties of England include the hold-
ings, by name, of the manors or baronies acquired by the companions of
William the Conqueror after the division, and from that list I shall present
in a brief extract the name and location of the various properties, together
with the names of the Saxon owners and the tax rate, apportioned to Sir
Radulphus de La Pomeraie and his brother, William Capra, which may
be assumed as a fair equivalent for their prowess in battle and the earnest
consideration of the Conqueror as to their importance in the subjugated
country.
In order that the reader may more fully comprehend the Norman and
Saxon term used in the exhibit which will follow, a brief explanation will
be found of interest: In the translation of the frequent phrase, "On the
day on which King Edward (The Confessor) was alive and dead," it is
expressed by the letters, "T. R. E." (tempore Regis Edwardi), that being
the formula used throughout the "Exchequer Domesday," with which this
extract has been collated.
It should be remembered that the date of the Domesday Survey is
1086; that the "hide" was the unit of assessment on which the dane-geld
was paid; that the "virgate" was a quarter of a hide, and a "ferling"
a quarter of a virgate. A "ploughland" consisted of as much land as
eight oxen could cultivate; in Devonshire it consisted of four ferlings of
land, and a ferling of land is by later authorities universally identified
with sixteen acres.
l^tHtory of the Jp^omerog iFamtlu 20
The Domesday manor consists of demesne and villagers' lands. Demesne
is the lord's home-farm; villagers' land is that occupied by his dependents
on condition of cultivating the lord's home-fami for him.
As regards identification, it should be noted that the modern manor
or parish is not co-extensive with its Domesday equivalent. The latter
in many cases included several subsequent sub-infendations, and was, there-
fore, considerably greater than the later manor. In other cases the Domes-
day manor w^as only a portion of the estate of which it bore the name, and
many of these portions at a later date became known by other names.
For the intelligence of those who have not had large experience in
early genealogical history in England we w-ill state briefly that the abbrevi-
ations found in the data pertaining to the parish records, inq. p. m., apply to
inquisition post-mortem which are so useful to one engaged in the study
of antecedents. These inquisitions were one of the most distinctive features
of the feudal system in England, and were introduced in the reign of Henry
III., (about 1216). and continuing to be held through a course of about
430 years, were formally abolished on the accession of Charles II. to the
throne, although they practically ceased to be taken after 1649.
"When a person, male or female, died seized of lands in capite, that
is holding them from the crown, a writ was issued to the escheator of the
county directing that an inquisition should be held in order to ascertain
of what lands he died seized, of whom and by what services the. same
were held, when he died, and who was his next heir." If the heir hap-
pened to be a minor the lands descending to him were held in ward by
the crown till he came of age. The wardship w^as generally a very lucra-
tive business, because the rents and profits of the estate went to the person
having charge of the heir till his coming of age. so that wardships were
frequently bought from the crown for large sums of money. On the
heir attaining his majority he had to sue out his "ousterlemain ;" in other
words, he had to obtain delivery from the crown of the lands for which
he was in ward, after first proving to the Court's satisfaction that he was
of age. As may be expected, payments of a very exacting nature were
extorted on all these occasions of death, proof of age and delivery of
lands. It will be seen, therefore, that inquisitiones post-mortem are very
useful to genealogists of the present day, because in them are recorded the
most minute particulars of the deceased's landed property, names of manors
long since passed out of existence, field names, names of tenants, etc., etc.,
are often given, likewise many interesting details as to the services by
which the property was held. The date of the deceased's death, the heir's
name, relationship, and age at the time of his predecessor's death are all
stated on the oath of twelve men appointed as a jury.
Proceeding now to a few particulars respecting the "Calendar of
Inquisitiones Post-Mortem" for the counties of Cornwall and Devon, it
should be remarked that in 1806 it was ordered by Parliament that a Cal-
endar be printed of the inquisitiones then kept in the Tower of London,
but since that date deposited in the Public Record Office. These records
Zl ©rtgtnal SntJ^sttgatuina
cover the period between the reigns of Henry III. and Richard III., and
may now be consulted in most of the public libraries of the kingdom.
iFirst Pr00pnttiir5 of tl]? ^am^rnij iFmntlg
In every Human Life a moment comes in
which all that has been evolved from the
Generations culminates.
The history of the Pomeroy race is broad in reference to the compass,
the contents. A living stream of fact, event, and episode lies behind it in
detail, while each day, each hour, the stream of time is adding new and
large events and visions to the cumulated actors of many centuries. History
is the delineation from the past and present of both the active and passive
forces which have prevailed through the intelligence of human nature and
human action. History informs us of the results of the human passion and
thought, which should be comprehended in their chronological consequences.
It concerns us to know the steps by which the Pomeroy race have approached
the present century, and the channels through which they have arrived.
Our history, although not specific in detail, begins with the succession
of the great Gothic tribe which formerly had their dwelling about the Black
Sea and the Sea of x^zov, to which this distinct tribe seems to have come from
yet more eastern regions, and after erratic wanderings up to and along
the northern coasts of the Baltic, one branch finally spread itself over the
greater part of Norway, Sweden and the Danish Islands, and had nation-
alized themselves as Scandinavians. They had learned their might and
determined to have by the strong and ruthless hand of war all they could
acquire in Russia and Italy, and in Germany, France and England, and
in any other country on the shores of which their swift sailing barques
could land them. Roger is assumed to be a descendant of that tribe which
landed in Norway, and which after they had become possessed of Nor-
mandy, were known as Northmen. It was in the Cotentin Peninsula,
province of La Manche, that he married and passed his life.
a. ROGER, (no surname), with his son, William Capra, was a large
benefactor to the Pomeroy Abbey of Saint Alary Du Val, in Nor-
mandy.— (Calendar of Documents, France, p. 536.)
Children:
.01 Radulphus de La Pommeraie. +
b. HuGUE Pommeraie: Companion of William the Conqueror at the
battle of Hastings. He was either slain in the battle of Hastings
or changed his name.
c William Capra : Companion of William the Conqueror at the battle
of Hastings. He was also called William Chievre, and is No. 19
in the Exchequer Book.
(L Beatrice (Beatrix) Abbess of the Benedictine Abbey of St. Michael's
Mount, Cornwall. She held from her brother, William Capra,
Yardelston and West Budleigh, in Tiverton, where she had seven
villeins, six bordars, three serfs, ten beasts, twenty sheep, eighteen
goats, forty acres of woodland, fifteen acres of meadow, and two
hundred acres of pasture. She also held Bradford of her brother, and
added to it Toredona, and she probably lived at the latter place.
Beatrice also held a manor at Nether Stowey of Ralf de Pomerei
and is entered in the Exchequer Book as Ralf's sister.
• This small tablet of a native Norman family is presented to the
Pomeroy race in America merely for the purpose of imparting the fact
that through the admirable system of keeping records in England a family of
some importance and renown may be traced for about one thousand years
without the loss of any member who has been of record in that country.
It is not the intention of the Historian to number any member of this
family in the American Pomeroy Mosaic except our direct ancestor with
the Pomeroy name. Although Roger is introduced to you as father of Sir
Ralf de La Pommeraie, there is every evidence of assurance that the latter
was the first to bear our ancient and distinctive name.
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"There is regard for ancestry which nour-
ishes only a weak pride; but there is also a
moral and philosophical respect for our an-
cestry which elevates the character and im-
proves the heart. Next to the sense of reli-
gious duty and moral feeling, I hardly know
what should bear with stronger obligation on
a liberal and enlightened mind than a con-
sciousness of alliance with excellence which
has departed." — Daniel Webster.
.01 RADULPHUS de La POMMERAIE, b. at St. Sauveur de La
Pommeraie. in the Province of La Manche, Normandy, circa, 1030,
son of Roger, (no surname) ; benefactor to the Hospital of
St. John the Baptist, at Falaise, Normandy; companion of WilHam
the Conqueror in the subjugation of England; in the battle of
Hastings A. D. 14 October, 1066 , his rank in the army of the Duke
of the Normans being equivalent to that of Chief-of-Staff as it is
designated in the present day. He received for his assistance in
that fateful battle fifty-eight Lordships in County Devon, three in
Somerset, and two in Cornwall, besides sixteen entered upon. He
was one of the first to acquire a family or surname, and he may
therefore be considered as a prominent man in his native province.
Lower, in his "Dictionary of Family Names of the United King-
dom," says: "This parish (De La Pommeraie) gave name to a
great family, mentioned in Domesday Book and by Brompton, and
the name was in turn conferred upon Berry Pomeroy, County
Devon, England." The locality which Sir Radulphus de La
Pommeraie selected for the construction of the celebrated strong-
hold which still bears his name, is not far from the River Dart.
The Castle stands upon a rocky eminence and cannot be success-
fully attacked except in its front, because of the precipitous nature
of other approaches. This was the chief seat of the Pommeraie
family for five hundred years. During the first census of England,
1087, Sir Ralph de La Pommerai was chosen, with one other, a com-
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I missioner to convey to the King's Treasury at Winchester the tax
collected in Devon under the "Domesday Survey."
Married. (Our authorities do not give the name of his wife.)
2d gen. Children:
.02 JoscELiNUS DE PoMERiA, son and heir; b. in Normandy. +
.03 William de Pomerai, b. in England. +
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The complete title page of the document from which the photographs
presented here were taken of Sir Radulphus de La Pomeroy's holdings at
the time the first survey and census of England were made properly finds
a place in tlfis History. This document is an exact fac-simile of the original
Domesday Book and was secured by means of photo-zincography by Col.
Sir H. James, Re. Frs. at the ordnance survey office, Southampton, by Her
Majesty's command. The photo-zincograph is an adaptation from the chromo-
carbon process so that a photograph can be at once transferred to plates
of zinc or stone for printing as by the ordinary methods. By this method
of photography there is no opportunity for any one so inclined to change
in any respect the integrity of the original document. In fact the original
document is not even handled or touched by the copyist, as each leaf of
the book is placed in succession before the camera by the officer from the
Public Record Office, London, in whose charge it constantly remains, and.
sometimes after an exposure of only twenty seconds, the copy is taken.
In the copy of this Famous Domesday Book now in the possession of
your Historian a red line is run through the names of places, and some-
times through the names of persons, as if to erase or mark them out. These
lines will appear in the half-tone or etching used in this History. This
is peculiar to the Domesday Book, and is equivalent to the modern method
of underlining a word or passage to which it is desired to direct particular
attention. In the title page the old letters have also been copied from the
Domesday Book itself. Aly copy of Devenescire Domesday Book contains
a photograph of the great book in its binding and of the chest in which it
has been preserved for 825 years.
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{Please paste this leaflet into the Ponteroy Pamphlet to face page 28.)
In the introduction to the Pomeroy Pamphlet, "Romance
and History of Eltweed Pomeroy's Ancestors in Normandy
and England," published March 3, page v, 3d paragraph, 5th
line, the Annalist said: "While the line of descent given in
this Httle book has been verified to an abstract certainty, there
may remain that intangible doubt of absolute certainty which
is so imperative in a family genealogy. The absolute proof,
it is hoped, will be produced before we are ready to go to press
with the Book of Record of the Pomeroy Family."
The English exploration has continued since that writing
and it is with great satisfaction that the Annalist is now pre-
pared to annoimce, on the authority of copies of the original
visitations of Counties Devon, Dorset and Cornwall, and of the
Parish Records of those counties, which he has in his possession,
(1531, 1564 and 1620), that the ancestral record of Eltweed
Pomeroy is now established as presented in this supplemental
leaflet to the Pomeroy pamphlet. If any of those who have
purchased a copy of said pamphlet do not receive a copy of this
please vrnte for one. This revision may now be considered
absolutely correct.
While there is no material change from the chart given in
the pamphlet referred to, we have been enabled to add the two
generations noted as "probably omitted;" (see parallel chart,
page 31; also page 23, between 8th and 9th generations; page
27,4th line; and same page, between 6th and 7th generations)
and to locate the right Thomas, a younger son, the Thomas who
m. Johanna being of another family.
It will be observed that as Sir Henry's children, (11th and
12th generations in the pamphlet) Sir John and his sisters,
Johanna and Margaret, and Johanna's daughter Johanna,
died without Pomeroy projection, they and their father Sir
Henry have been omitted in the pedigree of Eltweed Pomeroy.
although they were accounted for in the succession to the
fconors of the family in the pamphlet.
1- Radulphus (Ralf. Ralph) de Pomeraie of La Pomeraie,
in Normandy, (living 1035-1087), came over with William
the Conqueror. He was benefactor to the Hospital of St.
John the Baptist at Falaise, in Normandy; also, appointed
with another Commissioner to carry to the King's Treasury
at Winchester the tax collected in Devon, under the as-
sessment made upon the Doomesday Survey. The name
of his wife is not given by our authorities. Sons named,
Joscelinus (Joscelin) and William.
Jocelinus (Joslin, JosceHn, Johel) de Pomeria, son and
heir, (living 1080-1135), made gifts to the Hospital of St.
John at Falaise, in Normandy; also, granted to the Abbey
du Val in St. Omer, in the diocese of Baieux, Normandy,
of which he was the refounder, the Churches of Beri,
Braordin and Clisson, in Devon, and numerous churches
2.
and other property. Married Emma, dau. of ....
Their children were: Henry, Roger, Philip. Joselin and
Radulphus.
3. Henry de la Pomerei. son and heir, (living 1120-1166);
paid the danegelt in Devon 33 Henry I, and 2 Henry II.'
Married Rohesia, daughter of King Henry I. and Sibella,
daughter of Sir Robert Corbett, Lord of Alcester, County
Warwick. Rohesia was sister of Reginald, Earl of Cornwall ,
natural son of King Henry I., and had a grant from him
of the manor of Ridwari in Cornwall. Their children were
Henry and Joscelin.
4. Henry de Pomeria, son and heir, (living 1150-1197) held
the Castle of La Pomerai, and was Prepositura (Provost)
of the Duke of Normandy. Gave land to the Priory
of St. Nicholas at Exeter; fortified and defended the Castle
of Mount Saint Michael for King John. Married (1)
Matilda de Vitrei, daughter of Andre de Vitrei and Agnes,
(daughter of Reginald, Earl of Cornwall, and his wife, Agnes
or Beatrice, Countess of Cornwall) ; m. (2) Rohesia, dau. of
Thomas and sister of Doun Bardolph (s. p. by her). One
son named in our authorities —
5. Henry de la Pomerai, son and heir, (living 1180-1216),
settled on his 2d son, Galfrid (Geoffrey) the manors of
Clistwick, Braordin and Ceriton 7 John. Married Alicia
de Vere (daughter of Robert de Vere, Earl of Guisness in
Normandy, and his wife Maud de Cornwall).
6. Henry de Pomeria, son and heir, (living 1209-1226), gave
lands in Boscowen and Trelgher, (bounty Cornwall, to the
Monastery of Saint Michael's Mount; he was Governor of
Exeter Castle 12 to 16, John and Sheriff of Devon 6 Henry
III. Married Johanna, daughter of Reginald and sister
of Roger de Valletort.
7. Henry de Pomeraye, son and heir, (living 1211-1237),
and in ward to Sir Ralph de Turbeville, 3 Nov. 5 Henry III.
Did homage for the lands of his father. Died at the age
of 25 years. Married Margeria de Vernon, who survived
him, and as his widow had ward of their son Henry, on
payment of • 400 marks .
8. Henry de la Pomeray, son and heir, (living 1230-1281),
under age 21 Henry III. Confirmed the grants made by
his father to the Abbey of Ford. Ordered to be at Salop
with horse and arms against Llewellyn ap Griffith, 44
Henry III. (1260) and acknowledged the summons by
one Knight's fee in Berry Pomeray. He married Isolda,
dau. of ; a widow. She was again left a
widow, with one-third dower in Berry and Stokeley Pomeray.
She died 1333.
9 . Sir Henry de la Pomeray, son and heir, (living 1265-1305) ,
bom at Tragoney, County Cornwall, and baptized in the
church there 23 April 1265; claimed a moiety of the manor
I of Tremeton and 58 Knights' fees in Cornwall and Devon
I as co-heir of Roger de Valletort, 33 Edward I. Married
•J at the Feast of Pentecost, 1287, Amicia, daughter of Sir
] Geoffrey de Camville, who held Manor of Stokeley de
I Pomeray in dower, 1328.
; I 10. Sir Henry de la Pomeroy, son and heir, (living 1292-1367),
I renewed the suit commenced by his father for a moiety
I of the lands and castle of Roger de Valletort, 1316. Had
I License to entail the manors of Stokeley, Byrye, Harbur-
1 ton, etc., on himself and Johanna his wife, for Hfe, with
: I remainder to their sons, Henry, WilHam, Nicholas, John
J I and Thomas, successively in tail male, 1 May 2 Edward
■; I II., and entailed them by fine 3 Edward III. (1320); Mar-
? ried (1) Johanna, daughter of John, Lord Mules; married
i (2) Elizabeth, daughter and co-heir of John de Powderham,
; I by whom he had daughter EHzabeth.
It 11. Thomas de la Pomeray, youngest son of Sir Henry de la
-1 I Pomeray and Johanna Mules, (hving 1330-1372), acquired
{lands in_ Sandridge, etc.; ped. finished 45 Edward III.
He continued the pedigree, although our authorities do
I I not give the name of his wife.
i f 12. Edward de la Pomeray, son and heir, (living 1410-1446),
I I representing the 12th generation in the direct line,
I I succeeded to Berry Pomeray on the death of Sir Thomas,
1 \ 1426. This Edward w^as Sheriff of County Devon. Mar-
I ried Margaret Bevile, who died 10 Sept. 1461. He
Idled 3 May, 1446, seized of Berry Pomeray, Stokeley
Pomeray, one-half of the manor of Harberton, one-third of
I the manor of Brixton, etc., by virtue of the entail as noted.
1 I Issue, Henry and John.
• I 13. Sir Henry de la Pomeray, son and heir, (living 1416-1481),
aged 30 and more at his father's death, and 40 and more at
his mother's death, married Alice, daughter of John Raleigh
of Fardell, County Devon, and by her had six children;
m_. (2) Anna Cammel, daughter of Robert Cammel of
Tittleford, County Dorset, who died s. p. by him, although
she had a daughter Johanna Barrett, by a previous mar-
riage, who married WiUiam Kelloway of County Dorset.
Children of Sir Henry de la Pomeray and Alice Raleigh:
Sir Seint Clere, son and heir, d. s. p., John. Agnes, Elizabeth,
j I Sir Richard, second son, and heir to his brother, (Sir Seint
Clere) and Thomas. Sir Richard represented the succes-
sion after the death of his brother, Sir Seint Clere, in the
I 14th generation. At this time our authorities commence
to spell the name Pomeroy.
14. Thomas Pomeroy, third son of Sir Henry Pomeroy and
Alice Raleigh, brother of Sir Richard and Sir Seint Clere,
(living 1451-1493), married Agnes Kelloway, daughter
of John Kelloway, of County Dorset, who settled lands upon
him and Agnes, his wife, in Cheriton, Fitzpaine. etc., in
that county, 20 Sept. 1478. Children: Agnes, Anna,
Margaret, Thomasine, Elizabeth, Thomas and —
15. Richard Pomeroy, 2d son, (living 1480-1531); married
Eleanor Coker, of Maypowden, County Dorset. Children:
Henry and John.
16. Henry Pomeroy, son and heir, (living in 1531-1559),
i married Anne Huckmore, of County Dorset.
17. Richard Pomeroy, (living 1560-1593), was under age at
the time of his father's death, very young, and in ward to
I an uncle. When Richard arrived at the legal age he ob-
I tained a recission of the grant of guardianship. Our
] authorities do not give the name of his wife. A note from
I A. A. Leonard, Vicar of Beaminster, County Dorset says:
"You will remember my giving you the date of the baptism
of Eltweed Pomeroy, son of Richard. I have copied the
Diocesan Transcripts to the end of 1624, and find two other
Pomeroys", younger brothers of Eltweed, who was christened
in the Beaminster Parish Church, July 4, 15S5, thus:
Edward Pomeroy, bapt. 4 March 1591. buried 19 July
1592; Henry Pomeroy, bapt. 5 Aug. 1593.
18. Eltweed Pomeroy, (living 1585-1673), bom in Beaminster,
County Dorset, England; married there May 4, 1617.
Johanna Keech, who gave him two children; she died
Nov. 27, 1620; he married (2) at Crewkeme, Somerset,
England, May 7, 1627, Margery Rockett, the mother of
his children in America. On March 30, 1630, he and his
wife and infant son Eldad embarked in the 400-tGn ship
"Mary and John," Capt. Squeb, with a company of
Puritans numbering 140. After seventy days' sail they
landed at Matapan, where they laid out the town of Dor-
chester. The sons bom to them in America were : Medad,
Caleb, Joshua and Joseph.
The secretary desires to inform all those interested that in
addition to the vital genealogical statistics of the thousands of
American families, he now has perhaps the most complete and
valuable collection of English records ever brought to America
by any family. These records cover the centuries from 1066
to 1700 and more without confusion, and include not only the
projection of the oldest sons of the main stock, but also of the
younger sons and their families where they have been of record.
There are quite a number of the pamphlets, "Romance
j and History of Eltweed Pomeroy's Ancestors in Normandy
and England," (81 pages, illustrated, SI. 00), and a few leaflets,
\ "Eltweed Pomeroy and Four Generations of his Descendants,"
\ (the latter 50 cents), subject to your order. The inclosed
I subscription blank explains itself.
i When writing the Secretary for information, or with data
I : for his use, kindly name your father and mother, as it will assist
\ him materially in the work.
1 ERRATA IN PAMPHLET.
Page 14, 4th paragraph, 1st line, for gt-gt-gr father, read gt-gr father.
Page 14. 4th paragraph, 4th line, for Sir John read Sir Henry.
Page 14, 4th paragraph, 4th line, for 11th generation read 10th.
Page 29, paragraph above Calendar, 4th line, for Sir Richard read Richard.
Page 29, in Calendar of English Kings, for William III. read William II.
Page 29, in same, 11th line from bottom, for Henr>- IV. read Henry VI.
Page 30, 2d paragraph, 2d line, for Sir John read Sir Henry.
Page 31, next to last paragraph, 4th line, for Sir John read Sir Henry.
Page 67, foot note, for Sir John read Sir Henry.
Page 81, 6th paragraph, 3d line, for July 5, 1635, read July 5, 1655.
Respectfully,
ALBERT A. POMEROY,
Secretary of the Pomeroy Family Association.
Sandusky, Ohio, May 16, 1910.
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In the Domesday Survey Devonshire is one of the five western shires
and is epitomized, not only in the Exchequer Book, but also in another
volume known as the "Exeter Book." The latter contains, besides a fuller
abstract of the returns made by the Hundred Juries, also a copy of the
returns made by the commissioners appointed to collect the land tax in 1084.
Neither of these books, in describing the Devonshire estates, mentions the
hundreds to which they belong. It is for this reason that the editors of the
"Victoria History-" resolved to make the text of the Exeter Book the
groundwork for their translation in the case of Devon, only supplement-
ing it by the Exchequer where the pages have been lost.
In "Victoria History," w^e find that the Honours of Berry Pomeroy
and those of Braneys (Bradninch), held in 1086 by the two brothers,
Ralf de Pomeray and William Capra, contained a large slice of the county
(Devon), comprising 106 manors, assessed at seventy-five hides, with a
cultivated area of over 45.000 acres.
"Ralf's Honour, sometimes called the honour of Bradworthy, because
Bradworthy was the head of its North Devon section, as Berry Pomeroy
was of its South Devon section, included sixty manors. In 1166 and 1212
the honour consisted of thirty-two fees, and in 1234 of twenty-one fees,
"From Ralf de Pomeroy the honour descended to his son Joscelinus
(Joslin), who in 1125 gave the manor of Canonteign and the tithe of
Berry and Upottery to the Pomeroy Abbey of St. Mary du Val, and it
then came to his grandson Henry, who married Rohesia, sister of Reginald,
Earl of Cornwall, natural son of King Henry I., and Sibelle, daughter and
coheir of Sir Robert Corbett, Lord of Alcester, County Warwick."
Beri (Berry). No. 50 in the list or table which follows, part of which
was formerly owned by Alvric the Saxon, paid il2. It paid geld for three
hides. These twenty-five ploughs can till. Thereof Ralph has one hide
and four ploughs in demesne, and the villeins one hide and seventeen
ploughs. There Ralf has forty-five villeins, seventeen bordars, sixteen
serfs, eight beasts, seventeen swine, five hundred and sixty sheep, one
hundred acres of wood (land), ten acres of meadow, and forty acres of
pasture; worth £12. When Ralph received it, worth £16. The names,
Saxon owners, tax and identification by (in) hundreds are here presented.
Translation of the preceding pages from the "Domesday Book"* follows:
*It was while your historian was visiting the Public Record Office in
London, while taking a peek at the great Domesday Book, that he learned of the
fac-simile from which the preceding pages have been photographed, and he
followed the trail to the office of publication. But, alas, he was told that
there was not a copy left; not one to be had for any consideration; the limited
edition had long since been exhausted. Having been in the publishing busi-
ness, however, he was of the impression that two or three files were held by
a publisher, and that one might be disposed of; and so it proved. As far as
your historian has information, there are now but two copies of the Devon-
shire Domesday Book in the United States, and as the copy we have is an
important addition to the archives of the Pomeroy Family in America, the
Annalist will perhaps be pardoned for making this personal statement.
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In order to present some of the more important details connected
with these properties I will quote from Victoria History:
"Among Pomeray's under-tenants the two whose names occur most
frequently are Roger and William, but there were apparently two Rogers.
[one Roger, son of Payn of Putford, the other Roger 'Aculeus,' called
also Roger the Sandy, (flabus). The former was tenant of Julian Putford and
Peamore and was represented in 1166 by Richard son of Payn de Puttiford.
Richard de Puttiford held them in 124 1', and Walter Pollard in 1303].
"The latter held Huxham and other manors (Clyst St. George, Cap-
pah, Dunston, Blackslade in Widdicombe-in-the-Moor, Weycroft, Kennedon
and Ranscombe, and Heavitree) in the south and east of the county, which
were dispersed among the families of Geoffrey de Pomeray (he had Clyst
St. George, also Street Ralegh, in Domesday, Torstan's), Henry de Pome-
ray of Buckerel (he had Weycroft, Brockland, and Borcombe ; at the two
last named he succeeded the Domesday Geoffrey), Huxham, Bolley and
Prawle.
" 'William' is the ancestor of William le Peytevin, or William of
Poitou, who held four fees of Pomeray in 1166. . . .and of Robert Peytevin,
who held the same in 1243.
"Beatrice, who held West Chevithorn in Tiverton, and Uplowman,
was Pomeray's sister; she also held Southleigh, and Bradford Tracy of
William Capra, and is called his sister. — (Exeter Domesday, folio 406,
404b, 341b.)
"Roscelin, was Pomeray's under-tenant, as Warin was William
Capra's, but the two appear to have held estates jointly in Waringston,
Raplinghays, and Ivedon, in Hemyock, Tiverton, and Budleigh Hundreds.
©Ij? (^r^at Sag ®?nants-ttt-QIIjt^f
"The detailed consideration of the great lay tenants-in-chief, whose
possessions formed the baronies or 'honours' which are found in this
county at a later date, and of their sub-tenants, may be found in the Vic-
toria Histories under the title of 'Feudal Baronage.' Suffice it here to
remark that the estates of Hugh, Earl of Chester, passed by his forfeiture
to the Crown. Those of the Count of Mortain, after being resumed
by Henry I., and held by the King or some member of the royal family for
two centuries, were in 1337 settled on the Prince of Wales.
"The estates of Geoffrey, bishop of Coutances, with additions and
exceptions, went to form the Honour of Barnstaple ; those of Baldwin, the
sheriff, the Honour of Okehampton ; those of Judhel of Totnes, the Honours
of Hurberton and Totten; Ralf de Pomeray's the Honour of Berry; those
of William, his brother, better known as William Capra, the Honour of
Braneys or Bradninch. Walter de Dowai's were divided between the
Honours of Bampton and Marshwood. William de Falaise's constituted
the Honour of Dartington ; those of Odo, son of Gamelin, together with
his father-in-law, Tetbald, the Honour of Torrington, whilst Goscelin's
and Clavil's and Queen jMatilda's went to the Honour of Gloucester. The
rest, with the exception of a few which went to out-county honours, or
were held of the king in chief, constituted the great Honour of Plympton.
(Feudal Aids, 235.)
"Changes in the names of places have also been frequent in Devon,
not only to distinguish neighboring estates which originally bore the same
name, but also by custom and use, where no such necessity existed, or
from the places where churches were built.
SnnklattJia anb fKatwrs
"Excepting churches, which had to show that they were in possession
of the estates claimed by them 'on the day on which King Edward was
alive and dead,' all claimants to property were required to establish their
title either by naming the person who had put them in possession, such as
the sheriff, or appealing to some other person as voucher who had the King's
authority, or else by producing the king's writ. In Exeter Domesday,
folio 346, Walscin calls the king to vouch for his holding Diptford of the
Queen. But, there were two ways by which it was attempted to circum-
vent this requirement; the first was by entering upon and claiming as
appurtenant to some manor of which the claimant was in lawful possession
an estate which in King Edward's time had been held independently.
The oft-recurring phrase used of land that it was held pariter, which is
occasionally equated with pro manerio or lihere, means no more than that
the land to which it applies was not village or peasants' land subject to
services, but an independent holding or book-land. Whenever by usurpa-
tion an independent bookland had been entered upon and made dependent
upon some other estate, it figures in Domesday as 'an estate entered upon'
{terra occupata). Besides noting the fact in the body of the text, the
Exeter Domesday gives a complete separate list of 'estates entered upon.'
The right to these was no doubt specially reserved for the king to settle,
and was usually a matter of payment.
"The other method, which, as Dr. Round has stated, was resorted to, to
conceal a defective title, was an allegation of exchange. Some exchanges
were no doubt quite genuine transactions, such as the acquisition by the
Crown of Ermington and Blackawton by exchange with Walter de Dowai
for Bampton, or the acquisition by the Count of Mortain of the castle of
Cornwall from the bishop of Exeter, in exchange for Haxton and Benton.
though in this case the exchange may not have been altogether voluntary.
"But when Ruald Adobed is stated to hold West Panson by exchange,
one may suspect that possibly Ralf de Pomeray made the exchange be-
cause his title was not flawless. Ralf de Pomeria entered upon a manor
called Panson, and gave it to Ruald in exchange for 'Brochelande' and
'Radiz.' We may well ask whether all these exchanges were genuine, or
not set up to conceal irregular possessions by force."
"Passing from general remarks to particular points, the first to de-
serve attention is the position of the Hundreds in this shire. With one ex-
ception, these are the same today as they were at the time of the Survey,
but the names of several have been changed owing to the place of meeting
being changed.
39 ®lie ^r^at Sag ®Fnattts-ttt-ffll|t^f
"It is now generally admitted that whatever the 'hide' may have origi-
nally connoted as being land of one family, yet as ordinarily used in the
pages of our record it denotes simply a unit of assessment. The 'hide'
is the unit which paid two shillings toward the normal king's geld; the
virgate is a quarter of that unit; the fcrlbig is a quarter of a quarter or
one-sixteenth of the unit Once only is the acre met with as a measure
of assessment, having the value of one-thirtieth of a zirgate. — (Round
Feudal England, 38.)
"There is ample evidence to show that in post-Domesday times, a
ferling of land in Devon contained sixteen acres, or a quarter of a 'plough-
land,' and an early survey of Berry Pomeroy in 1292. when compared
with the Domesday description, shows that it contained the same area at
the Conquest.
"The demesne is there stated to have consisted of 'sixteen ferlings
of land of which each one contains sixteen acres, each acre being worth
three pence yearly, and so each ferling is worth four shillings yearly.' "
"The sixteen ferlings of 1292 represent the four plough-lands of 1086,
so that four ferlings of sixteen acres each went to the plough-land. Mr.
Chope, in Trans. Devonshire Association, has quite independently arrived
at the same conclusion that the plough-land was about sixty acres. It
has been too readily assumed that because in some parts of England the
'plough-land,' or land for one plough represents the arable land of a "hide.'
I therefore the plough-land must necessarily always represent one hundred
I and twenty acres. For Devon, the facts wherever they can be tested, point
to a different conclusion,
j "In the case of Berry Pomeroy already referred to, four plough-
I lands of Domesday are represented in 1292 by sixteen by sixteen, or 256
I acres, i. e. sixty-four acres to a plough-land.
I "The cultivated area of Stockleigh Pomeroy was. again, 350 acres in
1 1292, while in our record it is described as land for six ploughs, giving
I fifty-eight and one-third acres as the extent of a plough-land there.
I "Newton Tracey, a manor hemmed in by estates belonging to other
1 honours, contains 336 acres Other examples might be quoted showing
\ that whatever the size of the plough-land mav have been in other counties,
in Devon it was roughly sixty-four acres, or eighty acres including roads,
hedges, and waste. On this basis the total acreage accounted for in the
Domesday Survey of Devon is, roughly, 743,320 acres, or about half the
present total.
"The present total, however, includes not only a large number of
manors of post-Domesday creation, which were waste, and part of the
forest in 1085, but considerable tracts which are still untilled, Dartrroor
Forest, and other commons, river-beds, marshlands, and the fcre-
shore The forest extending over all Devon until King John's rime,
the Domesday book-lands being only clearances of limited areas."
(From Victoria History of the County of Devon.)
"The honour of William Capra (Braneys) consisted of fewer manors
than that of his brother Ralf de Pomeray, forty-six compared to sixty, of
lower assessment, thirty-four and one-half hides, as against forty and one-
half, but its acreage was nearly equal, 22,000 odd acres as compared with
something like 23,700. It included seven manors which had belonged to the
Saxon Alward Torcheson's. six of which had been Winchin's, six which had
been Ailmer's, four which had been Alvric's, three of Brictric's, two each of
Godric's and Algar's, and the remaining four were single estates of
different Saxon owners.
"The earlier history of Bradninch is somewhat obscure. According
to Risdon it followed the Earldom of Cornwall, and Mr. Whale associates
it with the honour of Plympton. It does not appear as Earl Reginald's
in his return of 1166, but appears there as William Tracy's. Besides
William Capra's estates the honour included Clyst St. George, which was
held of it by Ralf de Pomeray, and Lympstone. And since Lympstone,
which at the date of the Survey was held by Capra under Richard, son of
Gilbert, Count of Eu and Brionne, was granted out in serjeanty by Henry
I., it is evident that the honour must at the time have been in the King's
hand, by escheat or forfeiture. Lympstone appears to have been held by
Sir Ralf de Pomeray as under-tenant, because Reginald de Albemarle, in
1243, held it of Muriel de Bolley, and de Bolley constantly represented
Pomeray wherever he was under-tenant. Henry I. seems to have bestowed
it on William Tracy, with whose daughter and heiress it passed to John
de Sudeley, and to his second son William, who took his mother's name of
Tracy, and was the murderer of Archbishop Thomas of Canterbury. W^ith
this William's daughter Eva, it passed in 1174 to William de Courtney, who
also called himself Tracy. On the death of Eva, Henry, the son of Reginald,
Earl of Cornwall, purchased the honour of Braneys for 1200 marks, and
held it for sixteen fees.
"Maud, daughter of Guy de Brionne and Eva de Tracy, was twice
married, first to Nicholas Martin, son of Nicholas Martin, Lord of Dart-
ington, and secondly, to Geoffrey de Camville, who, in right of Maud, held
the honour in 1285 by the courtesy of England. Their daughter, Amicia
de- Camville, married Henry de Pomeraie, son of Henry de Pomeraie and
Johanna de Valletorta, and being a minor Geoffrey de Camville became
guardian of his daughter's husband. Geoffrey de Camville died 1308, and
was succeeded in this honour by William Martin, son and heir of Maud by her
first marriage. On the death of William Martin in 1325, and of his son
Nicholas two years later, the honour came to his sister Joan, wife of James.
Lord Audley, in whose family it continued until the fifteenth year of
Richard XL On the death of Nicholas, Lord Audley, in 1392, it reverted
to the Crown.
"While William Capra held several honours of the barony of Hurberton
and Totten, by far the largest under-tenant of Judhel was Ralf de Pomeray,
but nowhere did the Pomeray family continue to be under-tenants of Totnes.
In one group, consisting of seven fees, Richard, son of Stephen, had taken
their place in 1286, and in another group of seven fees, Jacob or Avice
de Bolley."
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John Courtney, ftemp. Henry II.) added to the Abbey the lands he bought of
Galfridus Pomerie for 50 marks. The County Dorset boundary now includes
Ford Abbey near Thornecombe. Joscelin de Pomerai bestowed upon the AbDey
his village of Tale in Peahembury.
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1.- Esestaple. -Enstaple. .1 tharxC in par. .5s. .Enstaple in Bradworthy
in Blacktorrington.
He and his brother added it to Braordina (Bradworthy).
2. Potaforda. .Putford. .1 thane in par. .3s 9d..In West Putford in
Blacktorington.
To which has been added one-half virgate of land. (Anschetil holds
it of William Capra.)
3. Lintona. .Linton. . 1 thane in par. . £3. .Ilkerton in Lynton in Shirwell.
To it has been added Incrintona (Ilkerton).
4. Lina. .Lyn. . 1 thane in par. . 10s. .Badgeworthy in Brendon,
Added Bicheordin (Badgeworthy). (Fulco holds it of William.)
5. Crescama. .Owlacombe. Elmer. .30d. Woodscombe in Cruys Morchard
in Witheidge.
Added Madescomba (Woodscombe). (Hammond holds it of William.)
6. Morcet. .Morchard. .Aimer. .£6. . .Cruys Morchard in Witheridge.
This Alward, son of Tochi, took away from Almar by force (per in-
per vim) since King William has held England.
7. Bradforda. .Bradford. .Alvric Colon. .40d Down in Witheridge.
Added Torredona (Down). (Beatrix, William's sister holds it of him,
8. Otrea. .Otterland. .30d a year.. The land added to Awlescombe in
Hemyock.
9. Mamberia. .Membury. .30d a year.. East Membury in Axminster.
10. Two houses in Exeter. , 16d.
11. Leia .. Leigh .. With which goes one-half virgate of land which has
been so kept from notice that the King has not had his geld. East-
leigh in Westleigh in Fremington.
•William Chievre is No. 19 in the Exchequer Book. (Geldroll, Fol. 65
b A-4.)
fThese ten ploughs can till. Beatrix, his sister, holds it of him. Thereof
Beatrix has one hide and two ploughs in demesne and the villeins one hide
and 'two ploughs. There Beatrix has seven villeins, six bordars, three serfs,
ten beasts, twenty sheep, eighteen goats, forty acres of woodland, fifteen acres
of meadow, and two hundred acres of pasture. Beatrix also holds Bradford of
her brother, and added to it Toredona. This four ploughs can till. It paid
geld for one virgate, whereas Leigh paid geld for two hides; so she probably
lived at the latter place.
"The Elder Brother is one who made haste
to come into the world: He was well re-
warded for his tidings of male posterity."
— Charles Lamb.
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^ .02 JOSCELINUS de POMERIA, (Radulphus), son and heir, joined
his father in granting two garba of tithes of the wood at Meshes,
in Normandy, to the Church and Hospital of St. John at Falaise;
also granted to the Abbey of Val, in St, Omer, in the diocese of
Baieux, in Normandy, of which he was the refounder, the churches
of Beri, Braordin, and Clisson, with other hereditaments in Devon;
also a "bordaguine" or small fee and the tithe of a mill in La Pomerai,
and numerous churches and other property, A. D., 1125; was living
1135.
Married Emma, dau. of who consented to her husband's
j grants to the Abbey of St. Mary of Val, 1125.
Sd gen. Children:
.04 Henry de la Pomerei, son and heir, m. Rohesia, dau. of King
Henry I. +
.05 Roger de Pomerai, consented to his father's gifts to the Abbey
of Val, 1125.
.06 Philip de Pomerai, consented to his father's gifts to the Abbey of
Val, 1125.
.07 JosELiN DE Pomerai, consented to his father's gifts to the Abbey of
Val, 1125.
.08 Radulphus de Pomerai, consented to his father's gifts to the Abbey
of Val, 1125.
.03 WILLIAM de POMERAI, (Radulphus), 3 Henry I., 1102, gave
to the Monks of Gloucester the manor of Berry, in exchange for
which Joscelinus, his brother, gave them Soldenam in Devon, in the
time of Serlo the Abbott, who died 1104. He also gave one-quarter
of a knight's fee at St. Omar in Normandy to the Abbey of Val.
Married ; our authorities do not give the name of his
wife.
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3d gen. Child:
.09 Ethelweed Pomerai, (which name suggests an alliance with some
Saxon house), consented to the gifts of his father to the Abbey of
St. Mary du Val at St. Omer in Normandy. He founded, as is
asserted by Dugdale, the historian, the Benedictine Abbey of Buck-
fast, in the time of Henry L, and his arms are still to be seen there.
The Annalist has not been successful in tracing his descendants.
"The Rev. M. Loundes, Buckfastleigh Vicarage, writes: "Buckfast
Abbey in this parish, was founded by Ethel we rd Pomeri ; that name
" often occurs in the registers before 1650."
The Abby of Buckfast in Devon, lies about six miles north from Totnes.
Mr. Prince, in Worthies of Devon, says: "Bnckfast-Abby was founded
before the Conquest, by Duke Alfred, for White Monks, of the Cistertian
Order, and dedicated to the honour of the blessed Virgin.
"A very spacious and magnificent abby it undoubtedly was, as the
ruines thereof declare, and very well endowed, being found at the disso-
lution of those houses, of the yearly value of £466 lis 2d ob. q. I shall
therefore endeavor to accommodate this matter to the greatest probability
of truth, thus: When the unruly Danes made an incursion into Devon,
greatly desolated this county, and in particular burnt the Abby of Travi-
stock ; very probable it is that this abby also felt the miserable effects of their
rage and fury, and was reduced thereby to ruines. In this condition it
lay until some time after the Conquest, and then this gentleman, Ethelward de
Pomerai, might re-edify it and give it greater beauty than it had before;
for which reason he obtained and deserved the compellation of its founder.
That one of this name and family was either the founder of, or a consid-
erable benefactor to, this convent, plainly appears from the Pomerai's arms,
not long since plainly to be seen in several places of the building."
V^ .04 HENRY DE LA POMEREI, (Joscelimis, Radulphus), son and heir, as-
sented to his father's gift to the Abbey of Val, 1125; paid the dane-
gelt in Devon, 33 Henry I.: witness to a deed in Normandy, 1135;
was charged again for Danegelt 2 Henry 11. ; paid £7 12s 6d for
the scutage (tax) of Wales, 11 Henry II., and died soon after.
Married Rohesia.* sister of Reginald Earl of Cornwall, natural son
of King Henry I. ; their mother was Sibella, dau. and coh. of Sir
Robert Corbett, Lord of Alcester, County Warwick: Sibella became
the wife of Herbert, the King's Chamberlain, Rohesia had a grant
from the Earl of Cornwall as "Rohes de Pomereia sorori mea" of
the manor of Ridwari in Cornwall, and accounted for three marks
"pro foresta" in Devon 22 Henry II. +
*By one of the provisions of this marriage the entire manor of Alverton,
Penzance, passed from the Earls of Cornwall to the Pomeroys.
I^tgtorg of t\}t jjomgrog jFomtlg 4fi
4th gen. Children:
.010 Henry de Pomeria, son and heir. +
• Oil Joscelin de Pomerai, second son, nephew of the Earl of Cornwall,
tried for high treason at Winchester on the morrow of the King's
second coronation there, 8 April 1194, and compelled to become
a monk at Ford Abbey. He quitted the life of religion on the death
of Richard I. ; granted all his village of Tale in Peahembury, which
was given him by his brother Henry, to the Abbey of Ford, with
consent of Henry de la Pomerai, his brother's son and heir. Pre-
viously, in 1177, King Henry II. gave him the Kingdom of Limerick,
which he refused.
Josceline among others, made one grant, bestowing on the Knights-
Hospitallers the church of St. Maderi in the county of Cornwall;
whereupon it afterwards belonged to their preceptory at Trehigh.
icus ™if ''^^^t'^^,!''^^^''*°'^ °^ England and Normandy." written by Order-
nved in FnWl«nT..H x^° was contemporary with Henry I. of England, and
thP soi?rf Sln^ T^ Normandy, one of the scholars of his day, is evidently
Fn.rfnnT ° ""^^J^J^^ ^^^^ °^ ^^^ ^^^^^^ ^^story of the Norian Kings o'f
Sf 'wK "^i'n'T.''^ Y ^"".^'I'i r'^'i' °^ ^^^^°^^- T^^« °Id Ecclesiaftica
?^^7o-^ jas, in I806, translated by Thomas Forester, M. A., and is now
contained in four volumes, of 500 pages each. Referring to tht history Pro7
S to JlnlT' \^-: ^- ^^ ^^- ^^ ^^- ^^ ^^>'^= "" is a mine of weafth;
to find In «n°l^;i^''- T T""^ °,'^®' *^ '^^ arrangement than one would expect
useful Lnd no do^fif -1'^^ r^"^- ^^^ ^^^ foot-notes are very full, good and
useful, and no doubt it is the source of much that we now find in more nre-
V nf.7rj^'= ;.'• ^^'^"' ^°^^"' ^''■' ^ ^^" ^^ rotten of Yale for [n Vol
for'^v P^thf L. .? genealogy of the English Kings from Shem, son of Noah,
be E'enfr, lS?mH'°?'' ^."".^lll ^"^"^ ^- *^^ "^^^^^^^ ^^S. of which may noW
De seen m his (Odericus's) Abby of St. Evroult."
Among the extracts Prof. Loomis has made from this Ecclesiastical His-
«°o™' ^! ^'" *^''°^^= Vol. IV.. p. 71. "There are several communes of the
name of Pomeray in Normandy. That in the canton of Thuri-Harcourt. and
diocese of Bayeux, was the cradle of this family. There are several grants
Mo^LhJ this Henry dePomeroy. in the time of Henry I., noticed in the
Monastic Anglican * * * and was a Baron by Tenure." The above
Pn^pr'^if o ^^V""?*® ^VJ"^ ^®^*' ^^*^^ ^^^^= "Henry, son of Joscelin de
f^^ fu' i Po^t- Anton; Odo. surnamed Borleng. in the fortress of Bernai,
?he enemy's TJroads.'^'^''" '"^ ^^"°"' '''°°^ ^^^'^'' ^^^^^^ ^^^ ^°^°^^5^ ^^^^^^^
Same Vol., p. 171, the text says: "For on the Saturday, about vespers,
while he (Robert de Conches) and his companions were returning carrying
with them in great pomp, a large booty and many prisoners. Count Waleran
and Henry de Pommeraie, with 500 men-at-arms issued from the neighboring
^°° .Imt^^ ranged themselves in order of battle against the enemy's band "
This is the same Henry Pommerie who commanded the garrison of
ff?^^°'*^°'^' ^^^ engaged with the Count de Meulan at Rouge-Moutier in
3124." — "The Woods of Vandreul."
"Alexander, surnamed The Severe, succeeded Edgar. He married Sybille
natural daughter of Henry I., by Sybilla Corbet. The text shows that Alex-
ander the Severe was Alexander. King of Scotland; that the King of Scotland
and Henry de Pomeraie were brothers-in-law, through the marriage of the
latter with Rohesia, full sister of Sibelle, and Reginald, Earl of Cornwall,
was their brother."
Sibella Corbett, the mother of these children, -was daughter of Sir Robert
Corbet, Lord of Alcester, County Warwick, son of Corbutus, a chief man in
Shropshire, and held much land, which descended to his sons, Roger and
Robert. When King Henry's opportunity arrived to take over the crown of
England, an event which was not considered probable as he had older brothers,
he set aside Sibella and espoused Matilda of Flanders for state reasons, a
parallel case of statesmanship to that of Cnut. Sibella was afterward given
in marriage to the King's Chamberlain.
Prof. Loomis continues with his review: "Had such writers as Burke,
Doyle and others become more familiar with this Ecclesiastical History they
would not have been able to confuse the great families of William de Redvers
de Vernon and Baldwin de Meules de Brionne to such an extent. The Giffords,
Montgomeries and other families allied by marriage to the Pomeraies are well
covered. Also, William Fitz-Osbern, Earl of Hereford, companion of William
the Conqueror, is named as a son of Osbern de Cresson (from name of an
estate in the neighborhood of Bayeaux), who was assassinated by William
of Montgomery. Osbern de Cresson was a son of Hirfast, and brother of
Gunnora." While seemingly this matter is not pertinent to the Pomeroy
family history, it will be found applicable when the reader reaches the study
of the Ancestral Charts on another page. In short, the more one studies
the Pomeroy connections the more prominent they grow, and the conjunction
with the Kings of England through the House of Normandy gives them a
remarkable collateral pedigree, reaching back to the year 1000 through the
name "Pomeroy," thence through the ancestors of King Henry I., to Havar
the Strong of Denmark — two lines of men without a break to about 400 A. D.
The children of King Henry I., (first three by Sibella de Corbett) were:
Sibyl, daughter of Sybilla de Corbet, married King Alexander of Scotland.
'Reginald, Earl of Cornwall, married Beatrice, Countess of Cornwall.
iRohesia, married Sir Henry de Pomeroy, Governor of Pont-Anton.
Matilda, daughter of Matilda of Flanders.
William, married daughter of Fulk of Anjou; he died 1120; son of
Matilda of Flanders.
Robert, son of a French woman of high estate.
Henry, son of Nest, daughter of Rhys ap Tewdwr.
Matilda, Countess of Perche, whose mother was Eadgyth.
Robert, again, whose mother was another Eadgyth.
Daughter (name not given), whose mother was Isabel Meulan.
Juliana, whose mother's name is not given.
Richard, son of Ausfrida, wife of Auskill.
It will be noted that in no record, other than that of his wife Matilda of
Flanders, and Sibella, did King Henry have more than one child by the same
mother, there having been three by Sibella de Corbett, which is good cir-
cumstantial evidence that the ceremony of marriage had strong influence
with him until it became a question of statecraft to form a new alliance.
And when we come to consider that Alexander, the Silent, King of Scotland,
espoused one of Sibella's daughters, the certainty of marriage between King
Henry I., and Sibella de Corbett is not easily denied, although history is silent
on the subject, as it is on other events.
/ .010 HENRY DE POAIERIA, (Henry, Joscelinus, Radulphus) , son and
heir, held the Castle of La Pomerai and was Prepositura (Provost)
of the Duke of Normandy; accounted for i80 6s 8d for the fine of
his lands, and paid £29 7s 8d and certified his Knight's fees in
England 12 Henry H. The same year gave land to the Priory of
Saint Nicholas at Exeter by the name of Henry, son of Henry de
la Pomerai, Rohesia, his mother, and Joscelin, his brother, being
witnesses. He seized and fortified the stronghold of Saint Michael's
i^xstorg of tlr? ^nmrrog 3Famtli| 48
Mount in Cornwall for King John against Richard I., A. D. 1193.
Married (1) Matilda, daughter of Andre de Vitrei and Agnes de
Cornwall; m. (2) Rohesia,* dau. of Thomas and sister of Doun
Bardolph; she survived her husband, and with her second husband,
John Russell, had a suit with her step-son, Henry de la Pomerai,
respecting her dower. (Cor. Reg. Mich.) 2 John, No. 6; had license
20 May 1227, to marry whomsoever she pleased after the death of
her late husband, John Russell, of Kingston Russell, County Dor-
set; owed fifty marks to the King for marrying the sister of Doun
Bardolph ; s. p. by her.
•It is refreshing to note the complacency with which Mr. Hutchens,
in his "History of Dorset," pp. 615-616, assumes to correct a contemporary
writer concerning the marriage of Rohesia, daughter of King Henry I. He
says:
"Rohesia, daughter of Thomas Bardolph, married John (not Walter)
Russell, who in the third year of King John owed fifty marks to the King
for marrying the sister of Doun Bardolph. She had been previously the wife
of Henry de la Pomerai of Berry Pomeroy in Devon, and at la ^mn^Tsi
Castle in Normandy, who having taken part with John, Earl of Moretaine,
afterward King John, in his rebellion against King Richard I., and having
on that occasion seized and garrisoned St. Michael's Mount in Cornwall, for-
feited his lands and died shortly after the King's return from imprisonment
in Germany. The mother of Rohesia was Adela, daughter and coheir of
Sir Robert Corbet, Lord of Alcester in Warwickshire, by King Henry I., by whom
she was also mother of Reginald, Earl of Cornwall. The latter, who obtained
the Earldom of Moreton from King Stephen, and died 21 Henry II., by a deed
still preserved among the muniments of Viscount Falmouth at Tregothnan
(Tregony) in Cornwall, gave to his sister, Rohesia de Pomeria, his manor of
Riduri in that county in free marriage."
Note by Mr. Hutchens: — "Mr. Stapleton in his 'Rutuli Sacarii Norman-
niae' supposes her (Rohesia) to have been the daughter of Thos. Bardolf
by Rohais, daughter and heir, of Ralf Halselmus, a Baron of Nottingham-
shire, who was also mother of Doun or Dodo Bardolf; but he was not aware
of the existence of Lord Falmouth's charter mentioned in the text. The
discovery of that charter leaves no doubt that Rohesia (Pomerai) Russell
was sister of Reginald, Earl of Cornwall, and it is equally certain from the
contemporary evidence of the Pipe Roll that she was sister of Doun Bardolf.
The father of the former was King Henry I., and the father of the latter was
Thos. Bardolf. Rohesia could only, therefore, have been the sister of both
these by being born of the same mother. See Pat. 10 King Henry IV., pt. 2,
m. 9. — 'Dug. Bar. Stapleton Rot. Sac. Norm., vol. 1."
Mr. Hutchens continues: "By her first husband, Rohesia, had issue
Joscelyn de La Pomerai and upon the conquest of Ireland King Henry II.,
in 1177 gave the kingdom of Limerick to Herbert Fitz-Herbert, William,
his brother, and Reginald, Earl of Cornwall, and to Joscelyn de La Pomerai
their nephew; but they refused to accept it because it had not yet been con-
quered, whereupon it was given to Ralph de Braose. Herbert and William
Fitz-Herbert were sons of Adela Corbet by another husband."
Until the publication of "The Victoria History" there has been great con-
fusion concerning the marriage of Rohesia, daughter of King Henry I. It
will be seen by the chart herewith that it was the son of Henry de La Pomerai
and Rohesia, daughter of King Henry I., who married as his second wife,
Rohesia, daughter of Thomas and sister of Doun Bardolf, and that she
survived Henry de La Pomeroy and had license to marry John Russell. The
survey of Devon by Vivian also gives this version. — A. A. P.
rtf^'
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49 BtBttxihtiXiiB of Salplj h^ JJnm^m
5//t ^^n. Child:
.012 Henry de la Pomerai, son and heir. +
"It is affirmed that a Sergeant-at-arms of the Kings came to his Castle
of Berry Pomeroy, and there received kind entertainment for certain days
together and at his departure was gratified with a Hberal reward. In coun-
terchange thereof, he then, and no sooner, revealed his long, concealed
errand and flatly arrested his host, to make his immediate appearance
before the King, to answer a capital crime of conspiracy, which unexpected
and ill-carried message the gentleman took in such despite that with his
dagger he stabbed the messenger to the heart. Then he got himself to
his sister, abiding on the Island of Alt. St. Michael in Cornwall. Here he
bequeathed a large portion of his land to the religious people dwelling there
to pray for the redeeming of his soul; and lastly, that the remainder, of
his estate might descend to his heirs, he took refuge in the Benedictine Alon-
astery of St. Michael's Mount, which he fortified, and where he defended
himself till the accession of John, when making his peace with that monarch,
he was forgiven and restored to his paternal estates." — Thomas Fuller's
'^Worthies of England."
Prince in Worthies of Devon: "Sir Henry de la Pomeroy had taken
some great disgust at King Richard 1., probably because that king had
seized his lands for coming into England without his leave, and exacted
of him a fine of 700 marks for the livery of them again." Concerning the
report that he bled himself to death, Mr. Prince says: "That he should
bequeath a large portion of his land for redeeming of his soul, when he
contemplated destroying it, by proving felo de se, seems plainly to be more
like romance than real history, as Sir William Dugdal doubtless refuted it
or he would have taken notice of it in his Baronage of England."
V' .012 HENRY de la POMERAI, (Henry, Henry, Joscelinus, Radulphiis),
son and heir, owed 700 marks for livery of his lands and the King's
benevolence, 6 Richard I. Had a suit with his step-mother relating
to her dower in Cornwall. In the 17 year of King John, he joined
the rebellion and his lands were confiscated ; next year he submitted
and his estates were restored. Settled on his son Gal f rid the manors
of CHstwick, Braordin, and Ceriton by fine. Pasch. 7 John. Died
6 Henry III., (1222).
Married Alicia, daughter of Robert de Vere and Maud (daughter
of Reginald, Earl of Cornwall, and Beatrice).
6th gen. Children:
.013 Henry de Pomeria^ son and heir. +
.014 Geoffrey de la Pomerai. +
V .013 HENRY de POMERIA, (Henry, Henry, Henry, Joscelinus, Radul-
phus), son and heir, owed 600 marks for livery of his lands, of
vihlch. sum Alice de Vautort paid 400 marks 10 John. Confirmed
j ^tstnrg of tf|p J^nmrrnu Jmntlg 5D
] the gift of his ancestors of two acres of land in Boscowen and
) Trelgher, County Cornwall, to the ^Monastery of St. ^lichael's Blount.
I Was Governor of Rougemont Castle. Exeter, 12-16 John, Sheriff
of Devon 6 Henry III., gave to the Church of St. Nicholas, Exeter,
an annual rent of four pounds of wax out of Buckerell, County
Devon. "Testi Gaufrido de la Pomeray fratre meo."
Married Johanna, daughter of Reginald and sister of Roger de
Valletort.
yth gen. Children:
.015 Henry de la Pom era ye, son and heir. +
.014 GEOFFRY de la POMERAI, (Henry, Henry, Henry, Joscelinus,
Radidphus), had from his father the manors of Clistwick, Braordin
and Ceriton. Ped. finished 7 John, (Pasch) being then under age.
Party to a fine in the manor of Tale, 21 Henry UL, and in Upottery
and Buckerel 31 Henry UL Married, (unknown).
ph gen. Child:
.016 Henry de la Pomeray, living 1237, +
v' .015 HENRY DE la P0^1ER.\YE, (Henry, Henry, Henry, Henry,
Joscelinus, Radidphus), son and heir, in ward of Ralph de Turbe-
ville 3 Nov. 5 Henry IH. Did homage for the lands of his father
16 Henry HL, and died circa 1235; (he came of age 16 Henry HI.;
died 21 Henry HI., twenty-five years of age. — A. A. P.)
Married Margeria de Vernun. dau. of William de Vernon (fifth
Earl of Devon) and !Mabel de ^^lellent (dau. of Robert de Mellent
and Maud de Cornwall), and as his widow had ward of her son
Henry, 21 Henry HI., on payment of 400 marks, and 38 Henry HI.,
had custody of the lands of the heir of her late husband.
8th gen. Child:
.017 Henry de la Pomeray, son and heir. +
.016 HENRY DE la POMERAY, (Geoff ry, Henry, Henry, Henry,
Joscelinus, Radulphus), living 1237. Party to a fine in Upottery
41 Henry HI. Married (name not ascertained).
8th gen. Children:
.018 Henry de la Pomeray. +
.019 Robert de la Pomeray, as son of Henry, son of GeofTry. son of
Henry de la Pomerai and Alice de Ver, confirmed to the monks of
Ford the manor of Tale, given them by his ancestors. (Hill) 12
Edward H.
V .017 HENRY DE la POMERAY, (Henry, Henry, Henry, Henry, Henry,
Joscelinus, Radulphus), son and heir, under age 21 Henry HI. Con-
firmed the grants previously made to the Abbey of Ford. Ordered
to be at Salop with horse and arms against Llewellyn ap Griffith,
44 Henry III. Party to a fine in Stockley Pomeray, 54 Henry HI.
Died before 12 July 9 Edward I.
Married Isolda, dau. of and widow of ; had license to
marry whomsoever she pleased; 15 Nov. 10 Edward I.; held one-
third of Berry and Stokeley Pomeray in dower, 22 April 21 Edward
I.; died circa 6 Edward III.
pth gen. Child:
.020 Henry de la Pomeray, son and heir. +
.018 HENRY DE LA P0:MERAY, (Henry, Geoffrey, Henry, Henry,
Henry, Joscelinus, Ralph), party to a fine in Upottery, 41 Henry III.
Married.
gth gen. Child:
.021 John de la Pomeray, party to a fine in Buckerell, 4 Edward II.;
mar. Edith, dau. and heir of William Brokkyre. Pedigree finished
39 Edward I.
>^.020 SIR HENRY de la POMERAY, {Henry, Henry, Henry, Henry,
Henry, Henry, Joscelinus, Radidphus), son and heir, born at Tre-
goney, County Cornwall, and bapt. in the church there 23 April
1265; sixteen years old and married at the Feast of Pentecost, 1
June 1281. Inquest 9 Edward I.; (No. 82.) Proved his age as
twenty-two years on the Friday after the Feast of Pentecost, 1287.
Inq. 15 Edward I.; (No. 72.) Claimed a moiety of the manor of
Trematon and of fifty-eight Knight's fees in Cornwall and Devon
as coheir of Roger de Valletort, 33 Edward I. No. 51. This Henry
was in ward to Sir Geoffrey de Camvile, his wife's father.
Married, Amicia dau. of Sir Geoffrey de Camvile ; held the manor
of Stokeley Pomeray in dower,. 1 May 2 Edward III.
loth gen. Child:
.022 Henry de la Pomeray, son and heir. +
(From Victoria History of County Devon.)
Braneys manor, to which pertain the Lemoges in sixteen and three-
quarter fees, all of Hawise, late the wife of Henry de Turbevill, holds a
third. Henry de Pomeroy confirmed, (1207) to Ford Abbey all the lands
which it held of the fees of Braneys before he received his inheritance.
Henry de la Pomeroy was grandson of Hawise de Valletort, who
married first Richard de Redvers, son of Baldwin, and found to be next
heir in inquest post mortem (27 Edward I.) and claimed the lands in 1315,
but as they had been granted to Richard, King of the Romans and Duke
of Cornwall, and the heirs of his body the suit was unsuccessful.
Richard de Redvers, son of Baldwin, was first Earl of Devon and was
advanced to the honors of Plympton and Tiverton by the Empress Maud,
(Matilda, dau. of Henry I.) shortly before June, 1141, before which time
he had been styled Baldwin de Redvers. Baldwin's son Richard, who
succeeded him in 1155, married Hawise, (her second marriage) daughter
of Reginald, Earl of Cornwall, but died in 1162, when his father-in-law
was put in possession probably as guardian of his own grandson Baldwin.
From this Baldwin it passed to his brother Richard and from Richard to
his uncle, William de Vernon, whose daughter Alargeria married Henry
de Pomeray.
Harberton also came into the possession of the Valletort family in 1206,
through Roger, and continued with the Valletorts until 1275, and in 1301
it was first claimed by Henry de Pomeray as next heir, but in 1315 judg-
ment was given against him as above noted and the Harberton moiety was
granted to the holder of the Totton moiety. The other moiety (Totton)
was awarded to William de Braose, then to his son Giles, Bishop of
Hereford, and then to his third son, Reginald de Braose, husband of
Graecia, daughter of William Briwere, the Judge. Reginald died in 1221
and was succeeded by his son William de Braose, who married Eve, sister
and coheir of Walter Marshall, Earl of Pembroke, and died in 1229, when
their daughter Eva carried the moiety to William de Canteloup ; it then
passed to Millicent, wife of Ivo de la Zouche, who on Ivo's death remarried
Nonhaut. The Zouches, shortly after 1315, acquired the other moiety or
honor of Harberton and held the united honors until John, Lord Zouche,
sustained a forfeiture in 1485. The barony then came to an end, but most
of the estates passed by grant of Henry VH., to the family of Edgcombe,
although one part was taken from La Zouche by Henry VHL, and given
to Sir Thomas Pomeroy, who had attended him in wars in France, and
another moiety eventually came to Sir Thomas by marriage with Jane,
daughter of Sir Peirse Edgcombe of Mount Edgcombe.
Maud, daughter of Eva de Tracy and Guy de Br.ionne, was thirty-one
years of age in 1273, and had recently married Geoffrey de Camville,
Geoffrey de Camville was guardian of Henry de Pomeroy, who had married
his daughter Amicia while a minor before his father's death in 1281. This
Henry de Pomeray died in 1304. He was of the ninth generation, (and
the seventh Henry in succession, his son and grandson being named
Henry also) .
In 1210, Oliver de Tracy was succeeded by his son Henry de Tracy;
and to Henry succeeded his son Henry who married Maud, daughter
of Reginald de Braose, and died in 1273. In right of Maud, Geoffrey de
Camville held the honor of Barnstaple in 1285 by the courtesy of England.
It reverted to the crown in 1392.
Henry de Pomeroy vs. Richard Plantagetiet, {King of Alniain) (King
Richard I.)
(From the Devon and Cornwall Record Society.)
54 Henry III. (28 Oct. 1269 to 27 Oct. 1270.) "At Exeter, fifteen
days from the Purification of the Blessed Mary, in the fifty-fourth year
of King Henry (16 Feb. 1270).
"Before Gilbert de Preston, Geoffrey de Lnkenore, Walter de Heluin
and John de Oketon, justices, and other liegemen of our lord the king then
and there present. Between Richard, King of Almain (Richard Pianta-
genet, son of King John, created Earl of Cornwall 1226, elected Emperor
of the Holy Roman Empire, i. e. Almaigne, 13 Jan. 1256-7), claimant, by
John de Wyke in his place, and Roger Valle Torta, opponent, as to the
manor and castle of Tremeton (Trematon in St. Stephens-by-Saltash)
and sixty and one-half knights' fees in the counties of Cornwall and Devon,
and the manor of Kalstock; a plea was between them. Roger acknowl-
edged the said tenements and fees as well in demesnes as arable lands,
homages, wards, reliefs, escheats, services of free men, villenages, with
the villeins holding them and all their families, woods, meadows, pastures,
ways, paths, waters, ponds, mills, fisheries, and in all other things to the
said manors and castle belonging, together with the advowsons of the
churches of Kalstok and Saint Estevane (Sancti Stephanide, Seint Estevene)
(Saint-Stephen's-by-Saltash) to be the right of the said King as those
which he had by Roger's gift. To have and to hold to the said King and
the heirs of his body begotten of the chief lords of those fees by the ser-
vices which to the said tenements belong forever.
"For this the said King at the instance of Roger gave and granted
to Alexander de Oketon 200 acres of wood in the manor of Kalstok, namely,
the whole of that wood which is called the "Wood of Kelly." To have and
to hold to Alexander and his heirs, together with the manor of Innesworke
(Inceworth in Maker) of the said King and his said heirs, or of Roger
and his heirs should the said King have died without heir of his body,
forever. Rendering therefor yearly 6d at Easter for all services, custom
and exaction. And the said King* and his heirs, or Roger* and his heirs
as aforesaid, shall warrant, acquit and defend to Alexander and his heirs
the said tenements by the said service against all men forever. Moreover,
the said King gave to Roger i300."
(Endorsed)
"And Henry de la Pomeroyt and Peter Corbett put in their claime."
"At Exeter, fifteen days from the Purification of the Blessed Mary,
in the fifty-fourth year of King Henry (1 Feb. 1270.) Before Gilbert
de Preston, Geoffrey de Leukenore, Walter de Heluin. and John de Oketon,
justices, itinerate and other liegemen of our lord the king then and there
present. Between Alexander de Oxtone and JoanJ his wife claimants, and
♦Neither had legitimate heirs, although it is said that the King had a
son by the wife of Alexander de Oxtone.
fin 1315 Peter Corbet, grandson of Isabel, sister and coheiress (with
Johanna, wife of Henry de Pomeroy) of Roger de Valletort, joined with Henry
de Pomeroy in petitioning Parliament for the recovery of the manor and
honour of Trematon, alleging that when Roger de Valletort made the deed
of gift in favor of Richard, Earl of Cornwall, he was non compos mentis. In
1327 the suit was renewed. In 1339 a settlement was effected with Henry
de Pomeroy. (See "Cornish Landowners" in the Journal Royal Institution,
Cornwall, vol. x, p. 152).
JBy her, Richard, King of Almain, became the father of Richard de Corn-
wall and Joanna, wife of Richard Champernowne. — (Polwhele's "History of
Cornwall;" vol. i. Pedigrees of Haweis; Collectanea Cornubiensia, pp. 1131-2.)
l^iBtnry of tlip J^nrnf^roy iFamtlg 54
Roger de Valle Torta, opponent ; as to the manor of Innesworke
(Inceworth in Maker) and 200 acres of wood in Kalstock, namely, the
whole of that wood which is called "the Wood of Kelly," which Alexander
and Joan before held as the dower of Joan by the gift of Ralph de Valle
Torta, first husband of the said Joan, John, brother of the said Roger, whose
heir he is. A plea was between them. Alexander and Joan acknowledged
the tenements to be the right of Roger.
"For this Roger granted to Alexander and Joan the same tenements
with all the appurtenances as well in demesne, etc., to the said tene-
ments belonging. To have and to hold to Alexander and Joan and the
heirs of their bodies of the chief lords of that fee by the services which be-
long to those tenements forever. Should Alexander and Joan die without
heir of their bodies then the said tenements shall wholly remain to the
right heirs of Alexander. To hold to the said heirs of the said chief lords
by the services forever.
(Endorsed)
"And Henry de la Pomeroy and Peter Corbet put in their claim."
0 .022 SIR HENRY de la POAIERAY, (Henry, Henry, Henry, Henry,
Henry, Henry, Henry, Joscelhms, Radulphus), son and heir, aged
fourteen years 27 Sept. 33 Edward I., 1305, claiming as son of
Henry, son of Henry, son of Henry, son of Johanna, eldest of the
two sisters and coheirs of Roger de Valletort, renewed the suit
commenced by his father for a moiety of the Castle and lands of
Roger de Valletort, 9 Edward 11., 1316. By the name of Henry,
son of Henry de la Pomeray, Knight, and Amicia, dau. of Geoffrey
de Camville, confirmed the grant made by his grandfather Henry,
son of Henry de la Pomeray and Margery de Vernon, in the manor
of Tale. Had license to entail the manors of Stokeley, Byrye, Har-
berton, etc., on himself and Johanna his wife, for life, with remainder
to his sons Henry, William, Nicholas, John and Thomas, success-
ively in tail male 1 May 2 Edward H., and entailed them by fine
3 Edward HI,, 1328. Presented to the Church of Whitston, Devon,
in right of Elizabeth, his wife, 16 April 1359. Died 22 Oct. 1367;
inq, p. m. 41 Edward I. No. 5.
Married, (1) Johanna, dau. of John, Lord Mules, (who was
descended from Richard the Fearless and Gunnora) ; m. (2) Eliza-
beth, daughter and coheir of John de Powderham; living in 1359.
nth gen. Children by ist wife:
.023 Sir Henry de la Pomeray, son and heir. +
.024 Capt. Willlam de la Pomeray, second son ; ped. 'fin. 3 Edward
HI. He was Captain of Castle Comet, at St. Peter Port, Isle of
Guernsey.
.025 Nicholas de la Pomeray, third son; ped. fin. 3 Edward III.;
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On the part of the Duke of Bretagne, Earl of ilontfort and Richmond.
[Endorsed:] To our well-beloved William de la Pomeraye, Captain of
Castell Cornet.
According to certain letters, which we send you by one of your people, you
will see that the English have taken certain vessels belonging to Brittany.
There have come before us our well-beloved Rolant Vitre and several others
of our subjects saying that they were lately traveling as merchants with their
vessels [laden ?] with salt, and fell in with some people, who took them and car-
ried off the said vessels to the great damage of our said subjects, who desire so
often to go across, as the people on your side come here, as indeed there are now
divers persons from your side here in our port and harbours, who have suffered
no hurt. But up to the present our subjects have been deceived and suffered dam-
age upon the oath of the sureties to whom the King of England sent information
In the ports, etc., of his Kingdom, as we have likewise informed them in ours.
And whereas we are informed that the said vessels and others belonging to our
said subjects were taken, a craft whose master (named Mondi) said belonged
to the Mayor of Poole, and that the son of the said mayor was there present,
we pray you that on receipt of these presents, you will send one of your people
to Poole aforesaid or elsewhere on your side at the expense of our said sub-
jects, to see if they can find the said vessels, and that you should put an em-
bargo upon the said goods and merchandise, if you should find the cargoes
still on board the vessels until you can send us information thereof, and an
arrangement can be made. And herein you will do us a great pleasure. And
[we send ?] you in a schedule herein enclosed the names of the said vessels
and of their masters.
Given at our town of Nantes on the 26th day of August, [temp Edw. III.].
BRUNEAU.
Sheriff of County Devon, 50 Edward III; arms, or a lion rampant
gules within a bordure engrailed sable.
.026 JoHx DE LA PoMERAY, fourth son ; ped. fin. 3 Edward III.
.027 Thomas de la Pomer.\y, youngest son. +
Child by 2d luife:
.028 Elizabeth de la Pomer.\y; m. Oliver Carminow ; vide. Carminow
ped., Vivian's Visit of Cornwall.
(Copy of Harley MS. io8o F. 22/.)
"Edwardus* dei gratia Rex Anglipe Dominus Hibernipe et Dux
Aquitanie omnibus ad quos. presentes littere pervenerint salutem. Sciatis
quod, cum Henricus da la Pomeroy miles, consa[n]guineus et unus hered-
ensis Rogeri de Valle Torta Remiserit et omnino pro se et heredibus suis
imperpetuum quietum clamaverit dilecto Filio nosteo Edwardo duci cornubie
et comiti cestrie et peredibus suis totumius et clameum, etc. In cuius rei
testimonium has litteras nostras fieri fecimus Patentes. Teste me ipso
apud Westmonasterium 15 mo. Februarii anno regri nostei undecimo."
.023 SIR HENRY de la P0:MERAY, (Henry, Henry, Henry, Henry,
Henry, Henry, Henry, Henry, Joscelin, Radulphus), son and heir,
named as son of Johanna de Mules in deed 42 Edward III. ; died
20 Dec. 1373 ; seized of lands in Devon and Cornwall. Inq. p. m.
48 Edward III. No. 51. Married unknown.
1 2th gen. Children:
.029 Sir John de la Pomer.\y, son and heir; married Johanna, daughter
and coheir of Richard de !Merton.
.030 Johaxna de la Pomeray. +
.031 Margaret de la Pomeray. +
.027 THOMAS de la POMERAY, {Henry, Henry, Henry, Henry,
Henry, Henry, Henry, Henry, Joscelinus, Radulphus), youngest
son. Ped. fin. 3 Edward HI. ; acquired lands in Sandridge. etc.
Ped. finished 45 Edward III. Pasch.
Married, but our authorities do not give the name of his W'ife. In
accordance with the entail of his father, by fine, 3 Edward III.,
his son and heir Edward succeeded to the manors of Stokeley,
Byrye, Harberton, etc., the heir of his (Thomas's) brother Sir Henry
♦Edward, by the grace of God King of England, Lord of Ireland and
Duke of Aquitaine. To all, to whom the present letters come, salutation.
Know that, whereas Henry de la Pomeroy Knight, kinsman and sole heir
of Roger de Valle Torta [? Valtort] hath released and entirely acquitted on
behalf of himself and heirs for ever in favour of our beloved son Edward,
Duke of Cornwall and Earl of Chester and his heirs all right and claim, etc.
in testimony whereof we have caused our letters patent to be made witness
myself at Westminster loth of February in the year of our reign eleventh.
(King's arms and crest attached.)
having died without male issue, and his other elder brothers also
having died without male issue.
1 2th gen. Child:
.032 Edward de la Pomeray, son and heir, succeeded to Berry Pomeroy
on the death of Sir Thomas Pomeray, 1426. +
.029 SIR JOHN DE LA POMERAY, (Henry, Henry, Henry, Henry,
Henry, Henry, Henry, Henry, Henry, Joscelinus, Radulphus), son
and heir, aged 27 and more 10 Feb. 1374. Settled the manor of
Berry Pomeray on himself and Johanna, his wife, and the heirs of
their body, with remainder to his own right heirs forever. Settled
the manor of Tregoney on his cousin Edward Pomeray and Mar-
garet Bevile, his wife before their marriage by fine, 5 Henry IV.
No. 4. Died s. p. 14 June. 1416. Inquest post mortem 4 Henry
V. No. 44.
Married Johanna, daughter and coheir of Richard de Merton,
widow of John Baunfield, vide Bampfield; ped. ante p. 38; granted
her estate in Bery Pomeray to Thomas de la Pomeray and Johanna
his wife, and John Cole, 16 April 1420. Died 16 June 1420. Inq.
p. m. 8 Henry V. No. 53.
(Transcribed from Harlein MSS., British Museum.)
2. Sciant presentes et futuri, quod ego, Willelmus Hywish dedi con-
cessi et hoc presenti certa indentata confirmavi Johanni de la Pomeroy
militi maneria mea de Tremetherott, Menely Rathwill et quartam partem
manerii de Trurii, etc. In cuius rei testimonium tam sigillum predicti
Willelmi Huysch tuam sigillum predicti Johannis cartis indentatis alter-
natim sunt apposita. Hus testibus : Johanne de Bemont, Willelmo Bonvill,
Warino le Archdeacon, Willelmo de Bickberie, Militibus, Jacobo de Chud-
ley, Nicholas de Rickham, Johanne de Ferrers, et alus. Dat. apud Hywish
14 die mensis Mali anno regni regis Edwardi 3 post conquestum quin-
quagesimo."*
.030 JOHANNA de la POMERAY, {Henry, Henry, Henry, Henry,
Henry, Henry, Henry, Henry, Henry, Joscelinus, Radulphus), first
daughter; died before her brother. Married Sir James Chudleigh
of Ashton ; vide. ped. ante, page 189.
•Knowallmen.presentandtocome, thati, William Hywish have given, granted
and by this present indentured deed confirmed to John de la Pomeroy, Knight,
my manors of Tremetherott, Roth will and a fourth part of the manor of
Truru, etc. In testimony whereof the seal of the said William Huysh, as well
as the seal of the said John, have been affixed alternately to the indentured
deeds. Witnesses: John de Bemont, William Bonville, Warin the Arch-
deacon, William de Bickberie, Knights; James de Chudley, Nicholas de Ricke-
ham, John de Ferrers and others. Givin at Hywish 14th day of the month
May, in the year of the reign of King Edward, third after the conquest, fiftieth.
57 Srsr? nbattJs of Sal^It ht Pomrret
^3th gen. Children:
.033 Johanna Chudleigh, daughter and heir, and coheir of her uncle,
Sir John de la Pomeray, aged 40 and more 1416. Died 8 Dec.
1423. Inq. p. m. 7 Henry VI. No. 51 ; m. (1) Sir John St. Aubyn;
m. (2) Sir Philip de Brione; m. (3) Sir Thomas Pomeray, Kt. ;
he held Bery and Stokeleigh Pomeray by courtesy of England after
his wife's death; d. 10 Alarch 1426, when they reverted to Edward
Pomeray, vide inq. p. m. 7 Henry VI. No. 51. +
I4fh gen. Child by ist marriage:
.034 John St. Aubyn, son and heir; m. Catherine, dau. and heir of
Sir Robert Challons of Challons Leigh, County Devon. +
Child by sd marriage:
.035 Isabella Pomeray^ only child; named in the inquest taken on her
mother's death. Died before her parents.
^5i^ ^^"- Children of John and Catherine St. Aubin, (.0^4):
.036 Johanna St. Aubyn, coheir of her grandmother, Johanna Pomeray,
m. Otho Bodrigan, and aged seventeen years and more 1428; rem.
William Dennys.
.037 Margaret St. Aubyn, coheir of her grandmother, Johanna Pom-
eray; m. Reginald Tretherff, and aged thirteen years and more
1428.
.031 MARGARET de la POMERAY, {Henry, Henry, Henry, Henry,
Henry, Henry, Henry, Henry, Henry, Josceliniis, Radulphus) , second
daughter ; died before her brother. Married Adam Cole.
13th gen. Child:
.038 John Cole, coheir of Sir John de la Pomeray, his uncle; aged
forty and more 1416.
.032 SIR EDWARD de la POMERAY, {Thomas, Henry, Henry, Henry,
Henry, Henry, Henry, Henry, Henry, Joscelinus, Radulphus), son
and heir; succeeded to Bery Pomeray on the death of Sir Thomas
Pomeray, 1426. Sheriff of Devon 10 Henry VI. Died 3 May
1446; seized of Bery Pomeray, Stokeley Pomeray, one-half of the
manor of Harberton, one-third of the manor of Brixton, by vir-
tue of entail; ped. fin. 3 Edward III. Inquest p. m. 24 Henry
VI. No. 37:
Married Margaret, dau. of John Bevile. Settlement before mar-
riage 5 Henry IV. ; settlement after marriage, 12 Sept. 13 Henry
VI.; d. 10 Sept. 1461. Inquest p. m. 1 Edward IV. No. 11.
I^iatory of tip Pom^rng 3^amtlg 58
i^th gen. Children:
.039 Henry de la Pomeray, son and heir; m. (1) Alice, dau. of John
Raleigh; m. (2) Anna, dau. of Robert Cammel. +
.040 John Pomeray. +
^ .039 HENRY de la POMERAY, (Edzvard, Thomas, Henry, Henry,
Henry, Henry, Henry, Henry, Henry, Henry, Joscelinus, Radnl-
phus), son and heir; aged thirty and more at his father's death,
and forty and more at his mother's death. Settled Stokeley Pom-
eray on Sinclere Pomeray, his son, and Katharine, his wife, and
.. their heirs, 27 Sept. 1462; d. 7 July 1481.
Married (1) Alice, dau. of John Raleigh of Fardell, County Devon ;
m. (2) Anna, dau. of Robert Cammel of Tittleford, County Dorset,
widow of Henry Barrett of Whiteparish, County Wilts ; m. before
20 Sept. 1478; d. before her second husband, s. p. by him. She
had a daughter, Johanna Barrett, by her first husband, who married
William Kelloway, of Sherborne, County Dorset, and they had a
son, John Kelloway, who had a daughter, Agnes.
14th gen. Children by 1st wife:
.041 Sir Seint Clere Pomeroy,* Knight, son and heir, d. v. p. s.
p. 31 May 1471. Inquest p. m. 12 Edward IV. No. 3; m. Kath-
arine, dau of Sir Phihp Courtenay, Kt, of Powderham; widow
of Thomas Rogers. She afterward married Sir William Huddes-
field, vide Courtenay ped. ante, ped. 246; d. 12 Jan. 1515, at
Spillingford. Inquest p. m. 7 Henry VIII. No. 14. George
Rogers, her son and heir, aged thirty years and more. (The de-
scent noted in the eleventh, twelfth and thirteenth generations is
recited in the inquest taken on the death of Katherine Huddes-
field, who was widow of Sir Seint Clere Pomeroy, 7 Henry VIII,
No. 14.— Bond.)
.042 Sir Richard Pomeroy, second son, heir to his brother, Sir Seint
Clere. +
.043 John Pomeroy, named in the will of his brother; living 1496.
.044 Agnes Pomeroy, named in the will of her brother; 1496.
.045 Elizabeth Pomeroy. +
.046 Thomas Pomeroy, fourth son. +
.040 JOHN POMERAY, (Edward, Thomas, Henry, Henry, Henry,
Henry, Henry, Henry, Henry, Henry, Joscelinus, Radulphiis) , m.
Mary, dau. of
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.047 Robert Pomeroy. +
.042 SIR RICHARD POMEROY,* {Henry, Edivard, Thomas, Henry,
Henry, Henry, Henry, Henry, Henry, Henry, Henry, Joscclinns,
Radulphus), second son, heir to his brother. Sir Seint Clere, and aged
thirty and more at the taking of the inquest on his death; Sheriff
of Devon 13 Edward IV. Knighted at the Bath on the coronation
of Queen Elizabeth, wife of Henry VII.; d. 24 Alay 1496; will 24
Aug.; pro. 20 October 1496. P. C. C. (Home 1.)
Married, Elizabeth, dau. and coheir of Richard Densell of Were,
and widow of Martin Fortesque of Filleigh; vide ped. ante, page
167. Named in the will of her husband and inquest taken on the
death of her son, Thomas ; d. 20 March 1507-8.
ijth gen. Children:
.048 Blanche Pomeroy, eldest daughter; named in her father's will;
living 1496.
.049 Elizabeth Pomeroy, second daughter; named in her father's will;
living 1496.
.050 Sir Edward Pomeroy, son and heir. +
.051 Thomas Pomeroy,! second son; named in his father's will; d. s.
p. 12 Aug. 1508. Inquest p. m. 24 Henry VII. No. 65. Will 25
Aug. 1508, pro. 24 Jan. 1508-9. P. C. C. (Bennett 10).
.045 ELIZABETH POMEROY, {Henry, Edward, Thomas, Henry,
Henry, Henry, Henry, Henry, Henry, Henry, Henry, Joscelinus,
Radulphus), m. Humphrey Courtney, sixth son of Sir Philip Court-
enay and Elizabeth, dau. of Walter, Lord Hungerford, K. G. ; he
d. 23 April 1496.
•The church of Berry Potaeroy was doubtless constructed by Joscelinus
de Pomeria (second gen.) and rebuilt by Sir Richard. At the front of one
of the tombs in the churchyard were the arms of the Pomeroys, at the western
end of the monument, and at the eastern end a shield, supported by two
angels, displayed Pomeroy arms impaled with those of Sir Richard Denzell, of
Filleigh. It is believed that he was induced to undertake this work through the
influence of his brother, Sir Seint Clere de Pomeroy, (in his will). Sir Seint
Clere was Abbot of Buckfast.
fWILL OF THOMAS POMEROY, ESQ. Folio 10 Bennett (P. C, C).
In the name of God, amen, I, Thomas Pomerey, Esq., with whole and
stedfast mind make this my last will and testament and last will the 26th
Aug. in the year of our Lord God 1508 and the year of the reign of our
sovereign Lord King Henry the Vllth 2 4. As in this my present testament and
last will followeth: First I bequeath my soul to Almighty God, to our blessed
lady St. Mary and to all the holy saints in heaven. And my body to be
buried in the church of Our Lady in Thame before the alter of the image of
our Lady of Jeseon. Also I bequeath to the mother church of Lincoln 4d.
^tBtnrxi of tlip J^omprng JFamtln 00
15th gen. Children:
.052 John Courtenay. .054 Joan Courtenay.
.053 Philip Courtenay.
.046 THOMAS POAIEROY, {Henry, Edward, Thomas, Henry, Henry,
Henry, Henry, Henry, Henry, Henry, Henry, Joscelinus, Raditl-
phus), third son, held lands in Cheriton, Fitzpaine, etc., which were
settled upon him and Agnes, his wife, by her father, 20 Sept. 1478 ;
d. 29 Dec. 1493. Inquest p. m. 9 Henry VH. No. 61.
Married, Agnes, daughter of John Kelloway, of County Dorset.
I5ih gen. Children:
.055 Agnes Pomeroy. + .058 Thomasine Pomeroy,
.056 Anna Pomeroy. + .059 Elizabeth Pomeroy.
.057 Margaret Pomeroy^ mar.
.060 Thomas Pomeroy, son and heir; aged twelve years at his father's
death.
.061 Richard Pomeroy, of Rousdon, County Devon, living 1531. +
.047 ROBERT POMEROY, (John, Edward, Thomas, Henry, Henry,
Henry, Henry, Henry, Henry, Henry, Henry, Joscelinus, Radul-
phus), of Ingsdon, Devon, with his wife, settled on themselves, 16
Nov. 1481, the manor of Ingesden, with remainder to their son and
heir, Sinclere Pomeroy, in tail. Died 3 Jan. 1517-8.
Married, Elizabeth, only dau. and heir of John Beaumont,* of
Ingesden; nineteen years of age at her father's death, 29 Oct. 1471.
Died before her husband.
•The Beaumonts held Engesden till the reign of Edward IV., (1461)
when Elizabeth, only daughter, and heiress of Sir John de Beaumont, brought
it to the Pomeroy family, in whom it remained many years.
Also I bequeath my chain of ten score links of gold to our Lady of Jeseon in
the ■church of Thame where my will is that my body shall lye to be prayed for.
Also I bequeath to my Lord the Prince my great bay horse. Also I bequeath
to my fellow Franceys Bewdes my black velvet gowne furred with black
bogye. Also I bequeath to Robert Holden my servant to pray for me, and for
the good service he hath done to me, my bay ambelyng nagg, saddle and
bridle and four marks in money. Also I bequeath to William Bryan my
servant to pray for me and for the good service he hath done to me five marks
in money and my tawny chamlett coat lined with black coten. Also I be-
queath to Ager dwelling in Southwark at the sign of the Cross Key to
pray for me, my chamlet gowne furred with black bogye. Also I bequeath to
Thomas Childe to pray for my soul and for my keeping in my sickness 20s in
money. And all the residue of my goods not remembered! will that they shall be
disposed for the helth of my soul after the discretion of Mr. Franceys Bewdes
and John Flaggen whom I make myne escors to execute and perform this my
present testament and last will. These witness: John Buntyng, Pers Benet,
Robert Holden, William Bryan, Robert Holland, William Lantt and others.
Proved 9th Sept. 1508.
l^th gen. Children:
.062 SiNCLERE PoMEROY, son and heir. +
.063 John Pomeroy, second son. +
050 SIR EDWARD POMEROY, (Richard, Henry, Edward, Thomas,
Henry, Henrv, Henry, Henry, Henry, Henry, Henry, Henry, Jos-
celinus, Radulphus), of Bury Pomeroy, in County Devon, Kt., son
and heir, of full age at his father's death, and named in his father's
will; heir to his brother, Thomas Pomeroy, aged thirty and more
at his death in 1508. Died 21 Oct. 1538. Esch. Inquest p. m. 30
and 31 Henry VIII. No. 7.
Married, Johanna, daughter of Sir John Sapcot, Kt. ; settlement
before marriage 2 Oct. 4 Henry VIII. ; named in the inquest on the
'death of her husband. Living 1538.
i6th gen. Children:
,064 Sir Thomas Pomeroy de Bery Pomeroy. +
.065 Hugh Pomeroy, of Tregoney. +
.066 William Pomeroy. .067a Thomasin Pomeroy.
1 .067 Edward Pomeroy. .067b Eliz.\beth Pomeroy.
1 .055 AGNES POIMEROY, (Thomas, Henry, Edzvard, Thomas, Henry,
\ ' Henry, Henry, Henry, Henry, Henry, Henry, Henry, Joscelinus,
Radulphus), m. (1) Thomas Tresoyle; m. (2) Thomas Vowell.
i6th gen. Child by 2d marriage:
.068 Phillippa Vowell, m. Edward Harris of Cornworthy; he m. (2)
Anne, dau. of William Huckmore; she m. (2) Henry Pomeroy,
(•077).
'' 17th gen. Child of Phillippa and Ed-ward Harrys, (.068):
.069 Thomas Ha:rrys, sergeant-at-law ; m. Elizabeth Pomeroy.
Children of Edward and Anne Harrys, (.068):
.070 Arthur Harrys, m. (1) Honor, dau. of John Wikes of Northwike;
m. (2) Phelip, dau. of Richard Duke, of Otterton.
.071 Susan Harrys, m. Henry Fortesque of Cornworthy.
.056 ANNA POMEROY, (Thomas, Henry, Edward, Thomas, Henry,
Henry, Henry, Henry, Henry, Henry, Henry, Henry, Joscelinus,
Radulphus) , m. Tristram of Hengscot of Exeter.
1 6th gen. Children:
.072 Nicholas Hengscott.
.073 John Hengscott of Hengscott, m. Agnes, dau. of William Marwood
of Hengscott.
.074 Agnis Hengscott, m. William Strowbridge of Owtrey St. Mary.
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i/th gen. Children of John and Agnes Hengscott, (o/j);
.075 Thomazin Hengscott.
.076 Elizabethe Hengscott.
^.061 RICHARD POMEROY, {Thomas, Henry, Edzi'ard, Thomas, Henry,
Henry, Henry, Henry, Henry, Henry, Henry, Henry, Josccliniis,
Radulphus), of Rousdon, County Devon; living 1531; m. Eleanor,
dau. of John Coker of Mapowder, County Dorset.
1 6th gen. Children:
.077 Henry Pomeroy.. son and heir. +
.078 John Pomeroy, living 1531.
.062 SINCLERE PO^IEROY, (Robert, John, Edward, Thomas, Henry,
Henry, Henry, Henry, Henry, Henry, Henry, Henry, Joscelinus,
Radulphus) , son and heir ; ob. v. p. ; m. Johanna, dau. of ... . ; living
15 June, 24 Henry VHI.
i6th gen. Child:
.079 John Pomeroy, son and heir. +
.063 JOHN POMEROY, (Robert, John, Edzvard, Thomas, Henry,
Henry, Henry, Henry, Henry, Henry, Henry, Henry, Joscelinus,
Radulphus), second son, on whom his father settled a tenement called
"Barnes Place," in Over Ingsden, 27 April 1500: m
1 6th gen. Child:
.080 Christopher Pomeroy. +
.064 SIR THOMAS de POMEROY de BERY POMEROY, (Edward,
Richard, Henry, Edward, Thomas, Henry, Henry, Henry, Henry.
Henry, Henry, Henry, Henry, Joscelinus, Radulphus), (Miles) son
and heir, aged thirty-five years and more at the death of his father;
lost the Castle, Park and Manor of Bery Pomeroy, with other lands ;
also King Henry VIII. took a moiety of the Totnes manor from
Baron Zouche and gave it to Sir Thomas, all of which, with his
original estates, as cited above (were appropriated by Sir Edward
Seymour, Lord Protector of England, 1 Dec. 1549; d. Nov. 1, 1566.
Married, Jane, dau. and coheir of Sir Peirs Edgcomb of Mount
Edgcomb; (sic.) ; lost her estate in Totnes to Sir Edward Seymour;
living 1570.
iph gen. Children:
.081 Thomas Pomeroy of Bingley, son and heir. 4-
.082 Arthur Pomeroy of Antony, County Cornwall, included in the
entail created by his father, 14 March 1550-51; d. s. p.; buried 15
Aug. 1615, at St. Stephens by Saltash, Cornwall. Will 31 March
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exhibited on
the 4th.
„w r^r^'^ ^*r^*».'' .
On the 5th of July (1575) commission issued to Richard Pome-
roye, natural and lawful son of Henry Pomeroye, late of Totnes
in the County of Devon, deceased, having (goods &c.) to ad-
minister the goods rights and credits of the same deceased.
sworn well (to administer) &c., with revocation of the letters
of administration of the goods of the said deceased formerly
granted to one Richard Pomeroye, now or late of Tomes afore-
said, in consequence of suppression of the truth & false state-
ment and fraudulently by him obtained in the month of June,
1559, and the annulling thereof as appears by the acts of this
court drawn up on this present day.
1604; pro. 1 Dec. 1615; admr. "de bonus non" granted 15 July 1617,
to Anne Pilkington, alias Hutton, wife of John Pilkington, and
sister of Elizabeth Stronge, alias Pomeroy, alias Atkins, alias Hutton,
deceased, the widow and executrix of testator. P.C.C. (Rudd 115.)
Mar. Elizabeth, dau. of .... Hutton, and widow of .... Atkins,
executrix of her husband's will; remarried John Stronge; mar. lie.
27 ^Slarch 1616, Exeter.
.083 Jane Pomeroy, m. Thomas Floyer of Floyer Hayes; their dau. m.
William Wrayford of Silverton, b. 1550; exr. of his father's will
1595; d. before 1624; paid subsidy at Silverton 21 James I. Will
pro. 20 June 1651.
.084 Elizabeth Pomeroy; m. 15 Oct. 1562, at Chudleigh, to Nicholas
Bennett ; vide ped. ante page 72 ; named in will of her husband ; bu.
11 Aug. 1605, at Chudleigh; will pro. 16 Aug. 1605. Const. Ct.
Exeter.
.085 Katharine Pomeroy; m. Sir John Moore of Moorhayes, County
Devon, Kt. ; vide ped. ante page 573; dubbed at Westminster, 10
Nov. Edward Yl. ; will 26 April 1606. Pro. Archd. Ct. Exeter.
(Proceedings in Chancery. Temp. Elizabeth. G. 5-12. 19 May I595-)
"To the right honorable Sr John Puskeringe Knight, Lord Keeper of the
great Scale of England :
"Humbly complayning showeth unto yor good Lordship yo^ dayly
Orator Thomas Goodridge of Beri Pomery in the Countie of Devon That
whereas yo^ Orator hath heretofore exhibited unto this honorable Court
a bill of complaynt against one S^ Edward Seam^, Knight, and others in
effect as hereafter followeth viz. To the Right Honorable S^ Christopher
Hatton of the most noble order of the garter. Knight, Lord Chancellor
of England most humbly complayning showeth unto yo^ Lordship yo^
poore and daylie Orator Thomas Goodridge of Bery Pomerie in the
countie of Devon Yeoma That Whereas S^ Thomas Pomerie late of Bery
Pomerye in the sayd countie of Devon. Knight, deceased, was in his life
tyme lawfully seized in his demesne of fee of and in the mannoi^" of Berie
Pomery in the foresayd countie of Devon wthin wch mannor there are
Divers aistomarie lands pcell of the sayd manno^ demised and demiseable
tyme out of mynde by copie of court Rowle by the lord for the tyme
being or his Steward for three Lyves in possession according to the custom
of the sayd manner, and the sayd S^ Thomas Pomerye so thereof being
seized, for the consideration of a great some of money gy'ven to the sayd
Sr Thomas Pomery at a court holden for the sayd manno^ about the
xxxvth year of the Raigne of o^ late Soveraigne Lord Kinge Henry the
eight, did devise and grant one tenement and one farthing and halfe of
land wth thapp^tenas in Bery Tythinge together wth one meade called
Buscomb meade, and three closes there lying together called Losehangers,
being all pcell of the sayd customary lands of the sayd mannor of Bery
^tBlorg of tl|f 5?otttprng 3Famtl^ fi4
Pomery above mentioned by copie of court rowle according to the cus-
tome of the sayd mannor unto Richord Goodridge, George Goodridge and
unto yo^ sayd Orator to have and to hold for terme of their lyves accord-
ing to the custome of the sayd mannor. By force whereof the sayd Richord
Goodridg entered and was thereof seized for terme of her lyfe according
to the custome of sayd manno^", and afterwards the right tytle and interest
of the sayd mannor of S'^" Thomas Pomery of and in the sayd manno^*
of Bery Pomery by sufficient and lawful conveyance come unto S^" Edward
Seymo^ Knight who is at this present seized thereof accordingly to him and
his heires. And the sayd Richord Goodridge, mother unto yo^ sayd
Orator being also lately deceased, the sayd George Goodridge by vertue
of tlie sayd Graunt by copie of Court rowle being next named in the sayd
copie entered into the sayd tenement and other the premisses and was
thereof seized for terme of his lyfe according to the custome of the sayd
mannor. All the sayd premisses after the death surrender or forfeiture
of the sayd George ought to come and remayne to yo^ orator for terme of
his life according to the custome of sayd mannor as aforesayd. But so it
is may it please yo^ good Lordship that the sayd George Goodridge having
by casual meanes gotten into his hands the sayd copie of Courte Rowle
whereby your orator myght mayntayne the graunt to him made of the
premises as aforesayd did secretely conclude and agree with the sayd S^
Edward Seamor for some consideracon betweene them agreed upon, that
the sayd S^ Edward should issue and grant the said premises unto one
Ambrose Goodridge, sonne of the sayd George secretly in possession wch
the said George uppon a surrender by him to be made of his present estate
in possession. But because of the sayd estate and graunt of the sayd
premises made unto yo^ sayd orator as aforesayd upon surrender of the sayd
George should be presently in beingtherefore the sayd George Goodridge and
the sayd S^ Edward Seamor did further agree that as well the sayd S^ Ed-
ward Seamor should either cancell and suppresse or keepe secrete the sayd
Court Rll wherein the sayd graunt of the premises made to the sayd Richord,
George and to yo^ pore orator was enrolled and expressed, as also the sayd
George Goodridge should of purpose cancell, deface and suppresse the
sayd copie of the sayd court Rool to thend by these practices Utterly to
bar and exclude yo^ poore orator from his right and title to the premises
by virtue of the sayd graunt. And accordingly S^ Edward Seamor both
either cancelled or defaced the sayd court Rolls wherein the sayd graunt
was enrolled, or els doth keepe the same secrete so that yo^ orator can by
no meanes attayne to the sight thereof, and the sayd George Goodridge
hath also suppressed and defaced the sayd copie made for the sayd Richord
Goodridge and to yo^ orator, and now of in full effecting of their
sayd agreement and unconscionable practice.
the sayd George hath surrendered all his estate in the premises unto the
sayd S^ Edward Seamor being seized of the sayd mannor as aforesayd,
and the sayd S^ Edward Seamor hath thereuppon graunted the foresayd
tenement and other the premises unto the sayd George and Ambrose
Goodridge by copie of the Court Roll for and during their lives, and the
longest lyver of them successively according to the custom of the sayd
mannor, by means whereof the sayd George Goodridge and Ambrose jointly
Inheritance of the younger sons
Pamfrog ^annr Snuar at Wilis
Tenement to which Sir Thomas de Pomeroy and Dame Jane
retired after the loss of Berry Pomeroy
H5 BtBtttibunts at ffialph ht l^vmm
j do hold and enjoy the same. And albeit yor sayd orator hath divers and
j sundry tymes in most gentle and humble manner by himself and by his
.! friends earnestly entreated and desired the sayd S^ Edward Seamor that
j he would suffer yo^ sayd orator to be admitted tenant unto the sayd tene-
I ment."
I (Seamor died before the case was settled and without making any
I devise of the said premises. Plaintiff again sues the heirs and the other
Goodridges. The end of the parchment is torn off. There is no other
record of this case now accessible. — C. A. H .)
.065 HUGH POMEROY, (Edward, Richard, Henry, Edward, Thomas,
Henry, Henry, Henry, Henry, Henry, Henry, Henry, Henry, Jos-
celinus, Radulphus) , of Tragoney; sold the manor of Stokeley Pome-
roy to Griffith Ameredith 38 Henry VIH. Died 23 Sept. 1565.
Inquest p. m. 8 Elizabeth. No. 50.
Married, Johan, dau. of Thomas Bowerman, of Isle of Wight.
lyth gen. Children:
.086 Hugh Pomeroy, sonne and heire. +
.087 Henry Pomeroy, second son. + .
.077 HENRY POMEROY, (Richard, Thomas, Henry, Edward, Thomas,
Henry, Henry, Henry, Henry, Henry, Henry, Henry, Henry, Jos-
celinus, Radulphus), son and heir; living 1531; m. Anne Huckmore,
(.068) widow of Edward Harris (Harrys), son of Walter Harris.
i^th gen. Children:
.088 Richard Pomeroy, son and heir; in ward at the death of his
father. +
.089 Elizabeth Pomeroy.
.079 JOHN POMEROY, (Sinclere, Robert, John, Edward, Thomas,
Henry, Henry, Henry, Henry, Henry, Henry, Henry, Henry, Jos-
celitius, Radulphus) , son and heir, and heir to his grandfather; aged
twenty-six years and more 26 Oct. 1518; d. 16 June 1532. Will
15 June 24 Henry VIII. ; m. Elizabeth, dau. of
lyth gen. Children:
.090 Hugh Pomeroy, son and heir, of Ingsden. +
.091 Elizabeth Pomeroy.
.092 Johanna Pomeroy.
.093 Anna Pomeroy.
.080 CHRISTOPHER POMEROY, (John, R6bert, John, Edward,
Thomas, Henry, Henry, Henry, Henry, Henry, Henry, Henry,
Henry, Joscelinus, Radulphus), son and heir; bur. Aug., 1590, at
Dsington ; m,
^
i/th gen. Child:
.094 Isaac Pomeroy, son and heir; bur. April, 1642, at Ilsington.
.081 THOMAS POMEROY, (Thomas, Edward, Richard, Henry, Ed-
ward, Thomas, Henry, Henry, Henry, Henry, Henry, Henry, Henry,
Henry, Joscelinus, Radidphus), of^Bingley in County Devon, Esq.,
son and heir; aged twenty-two years and more 22 Oct. 1565; d. 29
July, buried 3 Aug. 1615, at Brixham. Will 29 July 1615; pro. 26
Oct. 1623; m. 2 Nov. 1569, at St. Giles, Honor, dau. of John Roll
of Stephenson, Esq., and Margaret Ford of Ashburton ; vide ped. post.
i8th gen. Children:
.095 Valentine Pomeroy of Sanderidge, son and heir. +
.096 Edward Pomeroy, second sonne. +
.097 John Pomeroy of Harberton, third sonne.
.086 HUGH POMEROY, (Hugh, Edward, Richard, Henry, Edward,
Thomas, Henry, Henry, Henry, Henry, Henry, Henry, Henry, Henry,
Joscelinus, Radidphus), sonne and heire; aged eleven years at his
father's death.
Married, dau, of Tannar.
i8th gen. Children:
.098 Jane Pomeroy,* daughter and coheir; married to Richard Penke-
ville of Rossorrow.
.099 Constance Pomeroy, daughter and coheir; married 13 Nov. 1604,
at St. M inner, to Robert Nicholls,
.087 HENRY POMEROY, (Hugh, Edward, RicMrd, Hetiry, Edward,
Thomas, Henry, Henry, Henry, Henry, Henry, Henry, Henry,
Henry, Joscelinus, Radulphus), of Tregoney, second son; Mayor
of Tregoney; living 1620.
Married, Elizabeth, dau. of John Bonythan, of Cury, 15 April
1600, at Saint Columb Major.
i8th gen. Children:
.0100 Hugh Pomeroy, son and heir; aged eighteen in 1620. Adminis-
trator to his brother Richard, 1659; died s. p.; will 3 July 1673;
pro. 17 June 1674. Prin. Reg. Exeter. His cousin, Roger Pomeroy
of Sanderidge, his sole heir and executor.
.0101 Francis Pomeroy^ second son.
.0102 John Pomeroy, third son.
♦Sir James D. McKenzie, "Castles of England," says: "Their descend-
ants were mined in the time of Charles I., and sold the manor to Hugh
Boscowen, Sheriff of Cornwall, in which family it was settled on the Lady
Ajnne Fitzgerald, who carried it to her second husband, Francis Roberts,
youngest son of the Earl of Radnor."
B7 iggrgnbanlB of Salph he Pomgm
.0103 Henry Pomeroy, fourth son.
.0104 Richard Pomeroy, fifth son. Administration granted to his brother,
Hugh, 1659.
.0105 Eleanor Pomeroy.
.088 RICHARD POMEROY, (Henry, Richard, Thomas, Henry, Ed-
ward, Thomas, Henry, Henry, Henry, Henry, Henry, Henry, Henry,
Henry, Joscelinus, Radulphtis), son and heir; under age at the time
of his father's death and in ward to a Richard Pomeroy; when he
arrived at legal age he obtained a recission of the grant of admin-
istration; living 1560-1593. (First administration not discovered.)
Married; our authorities do not give the name of his wife.
A note from the Rev. A. A. Leonard, Vicar of Beaminster Parish
Church, County Dorset, says : "You will remember my giving you
the date of the baptism of Eltweed Pomeroy, son of Richard. Our
records for some years were destroyed by fire and several bundles
are missing, but I have copied the Diocesan Transcripts to the end
of 1624, and find two other Pomeroys, perhaps younger brothers of
Eltweed."
i8th gen. Children:
.0106 Eltweed Pomeroy, christened July 4, 1585. +
.0107 Edward Pomeroy, bapt. March, 1591 ; bur. Beaminster, 19 July
1592.
.0108 Henry Pomeroy, bapt. Aug. 1593; m. Oct. 15, 1621, at Symonds-
bury, Dorset, Marget Oventon; he d. s. p. leaving a widow.
.090 HUGH POMEROY, {John, Sinclere, Robert, John, Edward,
Thomas, Henry, Henry, Henry, Henry, Henry, Henry, Henry,
Henry, Joscelinus, Radulphus), of Ingsden, son and heir, aged
thirteen years and more 19 Dec. 1532; bur. 3 March 1602-3, at
Ilsington. Will 6 Nov. 1602, pro. 27 May 1603. P.C.C. (Bolein
34.)
Married, (1) Barbary, dau. of John Southcote of Indiho in
Bovey Tracey, 5 Feb. 1543-44, at Bovey Tracy; bur. 4 April 1563,
at Ilsington; m. (2) Agnes, dau. of ; bur. 2 March 1597-8,
at Ilsington.
i8th gen. Children:
.0109 Mary Pomeroy, m. 1 July 1566, at Ilsington to John Ford of
Ashburton.
.0110 Thomasine Pomeroy, bapt. 7 July 1559; bur. 17 April 1566, at
Ilsington.
.0111 Margaret Pomeroy, m. 8 Dec. 1578, at Ilsington to James Woodley,
of Halshanger, Devon.
.0112 Barbary, bapt. 14 Dec. 1560, at Ilsington; m. 7 May 1602, at
Whitstone, to Philip Chichester; living 1626.
.0113 Elizabeth Pomeroy, bapt. April 1563, at Ilsington; lived at West
Ogwell ; d. unm. Will 10 March 1627 ; pro. 8 Oct. 1630.
.0114 Grace Pomeroy, m. John Gilbert of Bridgeriile, County Cornwall;
both living 1602.
.0115 Thomas Pomeroy of Bradford, son and heir. +
.0116 George Pomeroy, bur. 6 Feb. 1560-61, at Ilsington.
.0117 Bartholomew Pomeroy.
.0118 John Pomeroy, bapt. 8 Feb. 1561-62, at Ilsington; living 1609 and
1626, aged sixty-five years.
.0119 Richard Pomeroy, living 1602 and 1609. +
.095 VALENTINE POMEROY, {Thomas, Thomas, Edward, Richard,
Henry, Edward, Thomas, Henry, Henry, Henry, Henry, Henry, Hen-
ry, Henry, Henry, Joscelinus, Radulphus) , of Sanderidge, in County
Devon, liveinge 1620, esq. ; son and heir ; aged forty years and more
at the death of his father ; bur. 14 Aug. 1645, at Stoke Gabriel. Will
23 June, pro. 19 Sept. 1645.
Married (1) Jane, dau. of Sir Thomas Reynell of Ogwell, Kt. ;
mar. lie. 23 Jan. 1615-16, Exeter; bur. 10 March 1622-23, at Stoke
Gabriel; m. (2) Margaret, dau. of Sir John Whiddon, Kt. ; mar.
lie 30 April 1628, Exeter; bur. 11 March 1673-74 at Stoke Gabriel.
Will 6 June 1673 ; pro. 6 May 1674.
igth gen. Children by ist wife:
.0120 Lettice Pomeroy, first dau. aet. 5, 1620; bur. 9 Oct. 1641, at Stoke
Gabriel.
.0121 Jane Pomeroy, second dau. aet. 3, 1620; mar. Nicholas Roope;
mar. lie. 15 Dec. 1643, Exeter.
.0122 Elizabeth, third daughter, bap. 24 Nov., bur. 25 Dec. 1622, at
Stoke Gabriel.
.0123 Valentine Pomeroy, first son, bapt. 13 Nov. 1621 ; bur. 30 April
1623, at Stoke Gabriel.
Children by 2d wife:
.0124 Roger Pomeroy, second son and heir. +
.0125 Valentine Pomeroy of Bindley, third son, bap. 24 Feb. 1630-31. +
.0126 Gilbert Pomeroy, fourth son, bap. 26 Feb. 1631-32, at Stoke
Gabriel; named in the will of his cousin, Hugh Pomeroy of Tre-
goney, 1673; succeeded to the estate on the death of his nephew,
Hugh Pomeroy of Sanderidge; bur. 4 April 1719, at Stoke Gabriel.
Will 5 Jan. 1717-18, pro. 8 April 1719, par. reg. Exeter. Devised
BB Btstttxttxxits of Salph ht ^oimtn
all his lands in Devon to Daniel and George, sons of Paul Pomeroy
of Brixham, and the said Paul, etc., in tail male.
I .0127 John" Pomeroy, fifth son; living 1645; drowned from a boat to-
i gether with Francis Whiddon; bur. 8 Sept. 1670.
I .096 EDWARD POMEROY, (Thomas, Thomas, Edzvard, Richard,
Henry, Edzvardt Thomas, Henry, Henry, Henry, Henry, Henry,
Henry, Henry, Henry, Joscelimis, Radulphus) , second sonne, bur.
26 Jan. 1656-57, at Brixham ; m. Wilmot, dau. of Periman ;
m. 28, June 1602, at Drewsteignton ; bur. 22 Jan. 1660-61, at Brix-
ham.
igth gen. Child:
.0128 Honour Pomeroy; entered bill of complaint against her uncle,
Valentine Pomeroy, for withholding securities of credit as executor
of her grandfather's estate which constituted her legacy.
.0106 ELTWEED POMEROY, {Richard, Henry, Richard, Thomas,
Henry, Edward, Thomas, Henry, Henry, Henry, Henry, Henry,
Henry, Henry, Henry, Joscelimis, Radulphus) , born in Beaminster,
County Dorset, England; christened July 4, 1585; m. (1) at
Beaminster, 4 May 1617, to Johanna Keech, who d. Nov. 27, 1620,
Beaminster; m. (2) 7 May 1627, at Crewkerne, County Somerset,
Margery Rockett, who emigrated with him to America, and d. at
Windsor, Conn., 5 July 1655; m. (3) at Windsor, Nov. 30, 1661.
Lydia Brown, widow of Thomas Parsons; sett. 1665. He d. Nor-
thampton, Mass., March, 1673, ae 88.
igth gen. Children by 1st wife:
.0129 Dinah Pomeroy, born in Beaminster, County Dorset, 1618.
.0130 Elizabeth Pomeroy, bom in Beaminster. County Dorset, Nov. 27,
1619; bur. there; less than two years of age.
Children by 2d wife:
.0131 Eldad Pomeroy, b. Dorchester, England; freeman in Connecticut^
1638; d. Northampton, 22 May 1662.
.0132 M-\RY Pomeroy, d. at Windsor, 19 Dec. 1640.
.0133 John Pomeroy, d. at Windsor, 1647.
.0134 Medad Pomeroy, bapt. Windsor, 19 Aug. 1638. +
.0135 Caleb Pomeroy, bapt. at Windsor, 6 March 1641. 4-
.0136 Mary Pomeroy, bapt. at Windsor, 21 April 1644; d. 1657.
.0137 Joshua Pomeroy, bapt. 22 Nov. 1646. +
.0138 Joseph Pomeroy, bapt. 20 June 1652. 4-
( Continuation in American Pomeroy Records.)
Ijtstorg of tlxt j?om^rnu JFamtlg 7B
.0115 THOMAS POMEROY, (Hugh, John, Sindere, Robert, John,
Edzvardy Thomas, Henry, Hc7try, Henry, Henry, Henry, Henry,
Henry, Henry, Joscelinus, Radulphus), of Bradford, afterwards of
Ingsdon, son and heir, b. 1550; admitted to the Inner Temple 10
Elizabeth 1567-68; d. 18, bur. 25 April, 1610, at Ilsington. Will
21 Nov. 1609; pro. 13 Feb. 1610-11. P.C.C. (Wood 9).
Married, Elizabeth, dau. and coheir of John Hengscot, of
Hengscot; m. 10 Feb. 1575-76; bur. June 1599, at Bradford.
ipth gen. Children:
.0139 Dorothy Pomeroy, first dau.; living 1609; m. 1 Feb. 1613-14, at
Bickington, Hugh Wichalse of Barnstaple; bp. March 3, 1587-8,
at Barnstaple ; living 1626.
.0140 Barbary Pomeroy, second dau.; living 1609; m. 30 Dec. 1611, at
Ilsington, to Stephen Southcote, of Southcote, first husband; ob.
s. p.; m. (2) Arthur Seccumbe, of North Petherwin; he m. (2)
Grace, dau. of John Bligh of Cornedon, County Cornwall; his first
wife d. 9 May 1619. Children of Arthur Seccumbe and Grace
Bligh: 20th gen.: 1. Mary Seccumbe. 2. Jane Seccumbe.
0141 Richard Pomeroy, of Ingsden, son and heir. +
.0142 Thomas Pomeroy, bapt. 20 Jan. 1579-80, at Ilsington; living 1609;
m. 1598 Mary Geflfray (widow).
.0143 John Pomeroy, living 1609 and 1626. +
.0119 RICHARD POMEROY, (Hugh, John, Sindere, Robert, John, Ed-
ward, Thomas, Henry, Henry, Henry, Henry, Henry, Henry, Henry,
Henry, Joscelinus, Radidphus) , living 1602 and 1609 ; bur. 25 Aug.
1626, at Ilsington. Married, (authorities do not give name of wife)
ipth gen. Children:
.0144 Barbary Pomeroy, bapt. 23 June 1595, at Ilsington.
.0145 Mary Pomeroy, bapt. 20 May 1598, at Ilsington.
.0124 ROGER POMEROY, (Valentine, Thomas, Thomas, Edward,
Richard, Henry, Edward, Thomas, Henry, Henry, Henry, Henry,
Henry, Henry, Henry, Henry, Joscelinus, Radidphus), second son,
and heir, bapt. 20 Sept. 1629, at Stoke Gabriel; a minor 1645;
executor of his mother's will ; heir to his cousin, Hugh Pomeroy of
Tragoney, 1673; living 1689; bur. 1708, at Stoke Gabriel. Will
pro. 1708, having well served his country in the quality of justice
of the peace, deputy-lieutenant and member of Parliament.
Married, Joane, dau. of Elias Wills of Saltash, County Corn-
wall; bur. 13 July 1660, at Stoke Gabriel.
20th gen. Children:
.0146 Elias Pomeroy, son and heir; admitted to the Middle Temple 25.
May 1676; bur. 11 Oct. 1700.
.0147 Roger Pomeroy, bapt. 9 Jan. 1655-56; bur. 17 March 1657-58.
.0148 Joan Pomeroy. +
.0149 Elizabeth Pomeroy, bur. 13 Sept. 1701.
.0125 VALENTINE POMEROY, {Valentine, Thomas, Thomas, Ed-
zvard, Richard, Henry, Edzvard, Thomas, Henry, Henry, Henry,
Henry, Henry, Henry, Henry, Henry, Joscelinus, Radulphus), of
Bindley, third son; bapt. 24 Feb. 1630-31, at Stoke Gabriel, bur. 20
Oct. 1691, at Harberton. Will 25 Nov. 1689; pro. 21 Nov. 1691;
Arch d. Ct. of Totnes, Exeter.
Married, Lucy, dau. of Hugh Hody of Nithway, County Devon :
mar. lie. 4 June 1680, Exeter; living 1689.
20th gen. Children:
.0150 Elizabeth Pomeroy, living 1689.
.0150.1 MARGAiiET Pomeroy, bur. 1704.
.0151 John Pomeroy, bur. 1681.
.0152 Hugh Pomeroy of Sandridge, son and heir; a minor 1689. +
.0153 Valentine Pomeroy, third son, bapt. and bur. 1686 at Harburton.
.0154 Valentine Pomeroy, fourth son, bapt. 1687; bur. 1705, at Har-
berton.
.0141 RICHARD POMEROY, (Thomas, Hugh, John, Sinclere, Robert,
John, Edward, Thomas, Henry, Henry, Henry, Henry, Henry,
Henry, Henry, Henry, Joscelinus, Radulphus), of Ingsdon, son and
heir; executor of his father's will; bur. 31 Aug. 1616, at Ilsing^on.
Will 23 Aug. 1616; pro. 27 May 1617. P.C.C. (Weldon 42.)
Married Anne, dau. of Henry Copleston of Bowden; survived
her husband and re-m. 10 Feb. 1619-20, at St. Mary Major, Exeter,
James Lowman of Whitstone; vide Copleston ped. ante, p. 226
and Lowman ped. 533.
20th gen. Children:
.0155 Amey Pomeroy, a minor, 1616.
• 0156 Elizabeth Pomeroy, bapt. 11 Dec. 1608, at Bickington; a minor
1616; bur. April 1642, at Ilsington.
.0157 Agnes Pomeroy, bapt. 19 July 1612, at Bickington; a minor 1616;
bur. 3 May 1617, at Ilsington.
.0158 Ann Pomeroy, bapt. 1 Sept 1610, at Bickington.
.0159 Barbary Pomeroy, a minor 1616.
.0160 Thomas Pomeroy, son and heir. +
.0161 Richard Pomeroy, second son, bapt. 7 Dec. 1604, at Bickington;
living 1616,
.0162 Henry Pomeroy, third son, bapt. 6 Oct. 1606, at Bickington; liv-
ing 1616.
.0163 Hugh Pomeroy, fourth and youngest son. +
.0143 JOHN POMEROY, {Thomas, Hugh, John, Sinclere, Robert, John,
Edward, Thomas, Henry, Henry, Henry, Henry, Henry, Henry,
Henry, Henry, Joscelinus, Radiilphus) , living 1609 and 1626.
Married Mary, dau. of Arthur Seccombe and Grace Bligh.
20th gen. Children:
.0164 Mary Pomeroy, bur. 10 x\ug. 1630, at St. Stephens-by-Launceston.
.0165 Dorothy Pomeroy, bapt. 24 Feb. 1631, at St. Stephens-by-Lami-
ceston; m. Sir. James Langham, Bart.; mar. lie. 22 Aug. 1695;
mar. settlement 5 May 1696. Will 6 Mav 1710; 1st pro. 14 Sept.,
2d pro. 19 Nov. 1713.
.0166 Arthur Pomeroy, b. 1623. +
.0148 JOAN POMEROY, {Roger, Valentine, Thomas, Thomas, Edward,
Richard, Henry, Edzvard, Thomas, Henry, Henry, Henry, Henry,
Henry, Henry, Henry, Henry, Joscelinus, Ralph), mar. lie. 27 Jan.,
in. 24, Feb. 1679-80 to Humphrey Gilbert of Compton.
2 1st. gen. Children:
.0167 John Gilbert, m. Ann, dau. of Richard Courtenay (son of Sir
William Courtenay of Powderham Castle).
.0168 Humphrey Pomeroy Gilbert.
.0169 Raleigh Gilbert. ' ;
.0170 Exizabeth Gilbert.
22d gen. Children of John and Ann Courtenay Gilbert, (.0167):
.0171 John Gilbert, unm.
.0172 Catherine Gilbert.
.0173 Pomeroy Gilbert, m. Mary, dau. of Edmund Williams of Ply-
mouth. +
.0174 Henrietta Marie Gilbert. .0178 Urania Gilbert.
.0175 Elizabeth Gilbert. .0179 Johan Gilbert.
.0176 Margaret Gilbert. .0180 Humphrey Gilbert.
.0177 Courtney Gilbert. .0181 Lucy Gilbert.
23d gen. Children of Pomeroy and Mary W. Gilbert, (.017s):
.0182 Mary Gilbert. .0187 Walter Raleigh Gilbert
.0183 Pomeroy Gilbert. .0188 John Gilbert.
.0184 Roger Pomeroy Gilbert. .0189 Lucretia Gilbert.
.0185 Elizabeth Gilbert.
.0186 Edmund Gilbert, m. Ann,
dau. of Henry Garnet of
Bristol. +
24th. gen. Children of Edmund and Ann Gilbert, (.0186):
.0190 Ann Clayton Gilbert. .0197 Edmund Williams Gilbert.
.0191 Catherine Hodgson Gilbert .0198 Ann Garnet Gilbert.
.0192 John Pomeroy Gilbert. .0199 Roger Pomeroy Gilbert.
.0193 Elizabeth Garnet Gilbert. .0200 Lucy Gilbert.
.0194 Henry Garnet Gilbert. .0201 Francis Yarde Gilbert.
.0195 Mary Gilbert. .0202 Frances Isabella Gilbert.
.0196 Walter R-\leigh Gilbert.
.0152 HUGH POMEROY, ( Valentine, Valentine, Thomas, Thomas, Ed-
ward, Richard, Henry, Edward, Thomas, Henry, Henry, Henry,
Henry, Henry, Henry, Henry, Henry, Joscelinus, Radnlphus), of
Sandridge, first son and heir; a minor 1689; bur. 12 Oct. 1715.
Married Anne, dau, of (name of parents not given by our
authorities.)
2ist. gen. Children:
.0203 Anne Pomeroy, bapt. 1708. ;
.0204 Margaret Pomeroy.
.0160 THOMAS POMEROY, (Richard, Thomas, Hugh, John, Sinclere,
Robert, John, Edward, Thomas, Henry, Henry, Henry, Henry,
Henry, Henry, Henry, Henry, Joscelinus, Radnlphus) , of Ingsden,
son and heir 1616; admitted to the Middle Temple 11 July 1629; bur.
31 May 1662, at Ilsington.
Married, (1) Mary, dau. of Sir Thomas Drewe of Grange;
m. (2) Jane, dau. of ; second wife living 9 Oct. 1662.
2 1 St. gen. Children:
.0205 Thomas Pomeroy, of Ingsden, gent., son and heir; sold Ingsden
to John Stowell, 9 Oct. 1662 ; m. Mary, dau. of . . . . ; living 1663.
.0206 Ambrose Pomeroy, bur. 5 March 1645-46, at Ilsington.
.0207 Jane Pomeroy, dau. and coh., bapt. 19 June 1641 ; m. 16 Feb.
1668-9, at Ilsington, to the Rev. Richard Wollcombe of Bickington.
,0208 Elizabeth Pomeroy, dau. and coh.; m. John Thomas of Lang-
ford Budville, County Somerset.
Ififitorg of thr JJomprcg iFamtly 74
.0163 HUGH POAIEROY, (Richard, Thomas, Hugh, John, Sinclere,
Robertf John, Edzvard, Thomas, Henry, Henry, Henry, Henry,
■ Henry, Henry, Henry, Henry, JosceIi)ius, Radulplius), fourth and
youngest son, bapt. 24 Nov. 1615, at Bickington; living 1616.
Married, (name not given by our autliorities).
2 1 St. gen. Children:
0209 Charles Pomeroy, Esquire; joined Thomas Pomeroy, his cousin.
in the sale of Ingsdon, 1662, and conveyed a tenement of forty-five
acres at Ingesden in 1663 to W. Gascon ; m, Anne, dau. of ;
living 1663.
.0166 REV. ARTHUR POAIEROY, {John, Thomas, Hugh, John, Sin-
clere, Robert, John, Edzvard, Thomas, Henry, Henry, Henry, Hen-
ry, Henry, Henry, Henry, Henry, Josceliniis, Radtdphtis), b. 1623;
gr. Westminster School; admitted to Trinity College, Cambridge,
May 22, 1657; B. A. 1660; M. A. 1664; Chaplain to the Earl of
Essex, Dean of Cork, 1672; Rector of Carrigaline, Shandrum and
Glenlarraghan, and Treasurer of Cloyne. (Aquo Viscount Har-
' berton). Married Elizabeth, second dau. of Sir Richard, and sister
and coheir of Sir John Osborne of Ballinglaylor, County Water-
ford. Articles before marriage, 1675. +
2 1st gen. Children:
.0210 John Pomeroy, son and heir. +
.0211 Richard Pomeroy, d. unm.
.0212 Elizabeth Pomeroy, d. unm.
.0213 Mary Pomeroy, m. 1703, Richard Cox, son of Sir Richard Cox,
Lord Chancellor of Ireland; d. s. p.
.0210' JOHN POMEROY, (Arthur, John, Thomas, Hugh, John, Sinclere,
Robert, John, Edward, Thomas, Henry, Henry, Henry, Henry,
Henry, Henry, Henry, Henry, Josceliniis, Radidphus), son and heir;
after entering into holy orders, he m. 1716, Elizabeth, dau. of
Edmund Donellan, Esq., of County Rosscomon.
22d gen. Children:
.0214 Arthur Pomeroy, eldest son. +
.0215 Lieutenant-General John Pomeroy; was Colonel of the 64th
Foot; promoted to Major-General of His Majesty's troops. May
25, 1772; served in the American Colonies as Major-General during
the Revolution ; advanced to the rank of Lieutenant-General, Aug.
29, 1777; was a member of Parliament for Trim, 1761; sworn of
the Privy Council for Ireland in 1777; unm.
.0214 ARTHUR POMEROY, (John, Arthur, John, Thomas, Hugh,
?l|arbprtnn ^illag^ - Senfltishire
Serrg l^eai - Srixham - Spbanshire
John, Siyiclere, Robert, John, Edv.ard, Thomas, Henry, Henry,
Henry, Henry, Henry, Henry, Henry, Henry, Joscelinus, Radul-
phiis), b. 1723; elected to Parliament from Kildare in 1761, and
continued in that office till the dissolution of that body in 1783;
in Oct., 1783, he was advanced to the peerage of Ireland under the
title of Lord-Baron Harberton of Carbery-, county Kildare. He was
introduced to the House of Peers Oct. 14, 1783. His title came
from his marriage Oct. 20, 1747, to Mary, dau. and coheir of Henry
Colley of Castle Carben.-, county Kildare, brother of Richard, first
Lord Mornington, by Lady ^lary, dau. of James Hamilton, Earl of
Abercom.
2^6 gen. Children:
.0216 Henry Pomeroy, b. Dec. 8, 1749; m. Jan., 1788, Mary, dau. of
Nicholas Brady of Grange, county Limerick; member of Parliament
from Strabane, county Tyrone; s. m, p.
.0217 Arthur- James Pomeroy, b. March 3, 1753; successor to his
brother; unm.
.0218 Henrietta-Judith Pomeroy, b. June 18, 1754; m. July 25, 1776,
Hon. and Rev. Dr. James Hewit, son of James, Viscount Lifford,
Lord Chancellor; she d. April 22, 1778; s. p.
.0219 Elizabeth Pomeroy, d. young.
.0220 Mary Pomeroy, b. March 19, 1757. +
.0221 John Pomeroy, b. Dec. 19, 1758. +
.0222 George Pomeroy, b. March 1, 1764; Lieutenant in the 5th regt.
Dragoon Guards.
.0220 MARY POMEROY, {Arthur, John, Arthur, John, Thomas, Hugh,
John, Sinclere, Robert, John, Edward, Thomas, Henry, Henry,
Henry, Henry, Henry, Henry, Henry, Henry, Joscelinus, Radul-
phus), b. March 19, 1757; m. Jan. 23, 1776, John Craven Darden of
Templemore, county Tipperary, Bart ; she d. Sept. 29, 1778.
24th gen. Children:
.0223 John Craven Darden, b. April, 1777.
.0224 Arthur Darden, b. March, 1778.
.0221 JOHN POMEROY, (Arthur, John, Arthur, John, Thomas, Hugh,
John, Sinclere, Robert, John, Edward, Thomas, Henry, Henry, Hen-
ry, Henry, Hetiry, Henry, Henry, Henry, Joscelinus, Radulphus), b.
Dec 19, 1758; in holy orders; rector of Loughgilly, diocese of
Armaugh; m. Oct. 31, 1785, Esther, dau. of James Spencer of
Rathangan, county Kildare.
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24th gen. Children:
.0225 Daughter.
.0226 Rev. and Hon. Arthur Pomeroy. +
.0227 John James Pomeroy. +
.0226 REV. and HON. ARTHUR POMEROY, ,Uohn, Arthur, John,
Arthur, John, Thomas, Hugh, John, Sinclere, Robert, John, Edward,
Tlwnias, Henry, Henry, Henry, Henry, Henry, Henry, Henry,
Henry, Joscelinus, Radiilphus), son and heir.
2^th gen. Child:
.0228 John Arthur Pomeroy, eldest son and grandson of the fourth
Viscount Harberton; m. 1869, Louise L, J. D., dau. of Gaitride
Tipping of Rossferry, county Fermaugh; Justice of the Peace of
the counties Tyrone, Fermaugh, Donegal, etc.
.0227 JOHN JAMES POMEROY, (John, Arthur, John, Arthur, John,
Thomas, Hugh, John, Sinclere, Robert, John, Edward, Thomas,
Henry, Henry, Henry, Henry, Henry, Henry, Henry, Henry, Jos-
celinus, Radiilphus) , fifth Viscount Harberton; m. (lady's name un-
known to the Annalist.)
25th gen. Children:
.0229 Hon. Esther Caroline Pomeroy, b. 1835. +
.0230 James Spencer Pomeroy, b. Nov. 23, 1836. +
.0229 HON. ESTHER CAROLINE POMEROY, {John, John, Arthur,
John, Arthur, John, Thomas, Hugh, John, Sinclere, Robert, John,
Edward, Thomas, Henry, Henry, Henry, Henry, Henry, Henry,
Henry, Henry, Joscelinus, Radulphus), b. 1835; m. Lieutenant-
General H. M. Hamilton, C.B.
26th gen. Child:
.0231 Edith Althea Pomeroy Hamilton, (Lady Pomeroy Colley) ; m.
1878, Major-General Sir George Pomeroy-Pomeroy Colley; he was
killed in the Boer war.
.0230 JAMES SPENCER POMEROY, (John, John, Arthur, John,
Arthur, John, Thomas, Hugh, John, Sinclere, Robert, John, Edward,
Thomas, Henry, Henry, Henry, Henry, Henry, Henry, Henry,
Henry, Joscelinus, Radulphus) , sixth Viscount Harberton and Baron
of Castle Carbery; m. Frances Legge of Malone House, county
Antrim, and was of the House of Legg of which Lord Dartmouth
was the chief; she d. 1911, in London.
26th gen. Children:
,0232 Hon. Ernest Arthur George Pomeroy, oldest son; Second-Lieu-
tenant of 20th Hussars, 1890; Captain of 3d Battalion Royal Dublin
Fusileers, 1892-5.
0233 C\PT\iN Louis Ralph Legge Pomeroy, b. 1869; second son; Cap-
tain of the 6th Dragoon Guards, 1901. Stationed at Ladysmith.
Africa, during the Boer war.
Ladysmith, Africa, April 3, 1900.
Mr. Ernest O. Pomeroy,
Epzvorth, III.
Dear Sir: — , • . u ^
I have just got your letter of Nov. 26, as we have only just had
communication restored.
There is only one family of Pomeroy in England to my knowledge
This is a Pomeroy family that came over with William the Conqueror and
was granted large estates in Devonshire. The head of the family held a
barony from the Conquest till the middle of the reign ot Edward L (13Uo;
when the direct male line failed, and though the heiress of the family marned
a cousin, as was the custom in those days, neither he nor any of his de-
scendants appear to have been summoned to Parliament, and the barony
(which was by writ) expired. The family continued to be of great impor-
tance in Devonshire until 1549, when Sir Thomas Pomeroy, the then
head of the family, was the leader of the unsuccessful Western Insurrection
of the Roman Catholics of Devon and Somerset against the ultra-Protestant
policy of Edward VL As a result he was beheaded* and the bulk of his
estates were forfeited to the Duke of Somerset, the principal adviser of
Edward VL, known in history as the Lord Protector.
Berry Pomeroy Castle near Totnes in Devon, one of the finest speci-
mens of a medieval casUe in England, still belongs to the family of
Seymour, Dukes of Somerset, the descendants of the Duke of Edward
VI 's time. The family, much shorn of its ancient glory, still continued to
reside in Devon at Engesdon, a manor which has been left to them, and
the ancestor of my family branch went to Ireland as Chaplain to the Earl
of Essex, who was Lord Lieutenant of Ireland in the reign j^f Charles ii.
His great-grandsont was created Viscount Harberton in 1783, and since
that date I am certain that no member of our family has gone to seek
his fortune in America. You give no dates so I do not know where your
ancestor would come in. No doubt several of them did seek their fortunes
in America in the middle of the 17th century, as the family was greatly
impoverished at that time, and I understand that Pomeroy is not an un-
common name in the United States. t- j i.
I may add that the direct line of the family seated at Engesden became
extinct about the end of the 17th century.
Yours sincerely,
R. L. Pomeroy.
♦Sir Thomas Pomeroy was not beheaded; but his estates were confiscated by
Sir Edward Seymour, Lord Protector of England and uncle of Kmg Edward Vi.
tViscount Harberton was grandson of Rev. Arthur Pomeroy, Dean of Cork.
®1|? I^arburtutt lranrl| in Srjlmtb
(From Burke's "Peerage.")
"Rev. Arthur Pomeroy, born 1623, was in 1672 Chaplain to Capel,
Earl of Essex, Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland, and afterward Dean of Cork.
The first peer, his grandson, also Rev. Arthur Pomeroy, was made Baron
Harberton of Carberry, in 1783, and Viscount, in 1790. He married Mary
Colley of Carberry, niece of Lord Mornington."
(From Brewer's "Beauties of Ireland")
"Castle Carberry is of very old date. In the early part of the four-
teenth century it was the embattled residence of the Be(i)rminghams. In
the reign of Elizabeth the castle belonged to Sir Henry Colley, ancestor
of the Duke of Wellington, whose descendants (Colley) resided there
for many generations. Mary, the daughter of Henry Colley, Esq.,
married, in 1747, Arthur Pomeroy, subsequently created Lord Harburton
of Carberry. Newberry, the seat of Lord Harberton, is near Castle Car-
berry, and is a spacious and handsome residence."
(Extract from the New York Herald.)
"The noble house of Harburton, a branch of the ancient House of
Pomeroy in Devon, was created in 1791, temp. George III. James Spencer
Pomeroy, Sixth Viscount Harburton, a peer of Ireland, is the head of the
race of Pomeroy in Great Britain but the old stock has a number of repre-
sentatives in America. The Harburton branch has been settled in Ireland
ever since Arthur Pomeroy went from his ancestral home in Devonshire
to Dublin as Chaplain to the Lord Lieutenant, the Earl of Essex, in 1672,
dying as Dean of Cork. Lord Harburton is connected by ties of kinship with
the Duke of Wellington, one of his ancestors, Henry Colley, having been
a brother of the first Duke's father. Lord Mornington. The ill-fated British
General, Sir George Pomeroy Colley, who was killed at Majuba Hill in
the Boer war of a quarter of a century ago, was Lord Harburton's first
cousin.
(From the Easthampton Daily Hampshire.)
"The Abbey, as you know, contains monuments to those who have con-
tributed to the greatness of England. There is one monument bearing the
following inscription :
" 'The Honorable Henry Pomeroy,
the only Son of
Viscount and Viscountess Harburton,
who died at Brighthelmstone,
in the County of Sussex,
on the Tenth day of March, 1804.' "
(From the Clerk of Westminster Abbey.)
"The monument is of white marble. There is a shield on top and the
shield is the St. George's cross, the four quarters being charged with a
lion rampant, in each supported by two wolves, but being only painted on
7B
(SlnUnhnr cf Jlte Ettgltsli Stnga
the marble it is now much faded, so much so that one cannot now make out
the crest or supporters."
This table is presented here to enable the readers to readily place the dates as
given in the English family records.
The House of Normandy
The House of Stuart
Reiened
from
Years
William I.
1066-
-21
William II.
(3d
son
)
1087-
-13
Henry I.
1100-
--35
Stephen
1135-
-19
The House
of
Plantagenet
Henry II.
1154-
-35
Richard I.
1189-
-10
John
1199-
-17
Henry III.
1216-
-56
Edward I.
1272-
-35
Edward II.
1307-
-20
Edward III.
1327-
-50
Richard II.
1377-
-22
The House of
Lancaster
Henry IV.
1399-
-13
Henry V.
1413-
- 9
Henry VI.
1422-
^39
The
House
of
York
Edward IV.
1461-
-22
'Edward V.
1483-
_
Richard III.
1483-
- 2
James I. 6th Scotland
'Charles I.
Charles II.
Oliver Cromwell, int'r
Rich. Cromwell, protector 165 8
"James II. 1685
Rdfued
from Yrar«
1603 — 22
1625 — 24
1649 — 36
1649 — ' 9
1
3
The House of Tudor
Henry VII. 1485 — 24
Henry VIII. 1509 — 38
Edward VI. 1547 — 6
*Mary, dau. of Henry VIII. 1553 — 5
'Elizabeth, dau of H. VIII. 15 58 — 44
William III. 1689 — 19
Anne, dau, of James II. 1702 — 12
The House of Hanover
George I. 1714 — 13
George II. 1727 — 33
George III. 1760 — 59
George III. Regency 1801 — 19
George IV. 1820 — 10
W^illiam IV. 1830 — 7
Victoria 1837 — 63
The House of Saxe-Coburg
Edward VII, son of
Victoria 1901 — 7
'Murdered.
'And Catherine of Aragon.
'And Anne Boleyn.
*Beheaded.
'Deposed.
Authorities: —
"The Visitations of the Counties Devon, Dorset, Cornwall, Somerset,
1531, 1564, 1620," with additions by Lieut-Col. J. L. Vivian. Copied by
Mrs. Deborah J. S. Pomeroy Darling ; verified by the Annalist.
The "Domesday Book," Devonshire.
St. Colomb Major, St. Minuer, and St. Stephens-by-Lauceston, Cornwall,
Ilsington, Bovey Tracey, Whitstone, Bradford, Bickington, County Devon,
St, Mary's, Exeter.
"Visitations of Dorsetshire, 1623," and personal verification by the
Annalist.
"Manuscripts in the Dorchester Museum," edited by the Rev. Fred-
erick T. Colby, D.D„ F.S.A., and John Paul Rylands, F.S.A., 1888.
"The College of Arms,"
The Survey of Dorset, by the Rev. John Coker.
"The Harlein Manuscripts," 1163, in the British Museum, London.
Manuscripts in Somerset House, London.
Parish Records of Beaminster, Crewkerne, Hawkchurch and Exeter.
Manuscripts at Saulisbury, England.
The London Record Office.
iftstorg of tl|f Pdm^rng 3FamtIg BO
(From History, Gazetteer and Directory of the County of Devon; by
William White:)
Berry Pomeroy, a parish less than two miles east of Totnes railway
station has a village of its own name, and a hamlet called Bridgetown,
which forms a handsome suburb of Totnes, with which it is connected by
a good bridge over the Dart. Berry Pomeroy parish is in the Totnes union,
county court district, arch-deaconry and rural deanery, Stanborough and
Coleridge petty sessional division, Paignton pooling district of East Devon,
and Haytor hundred. It had 1,090 inhabitants (514 males and 576 females)
in 1871, living in 200 houses, on 4,525 acres of land; including Bridgetown,
which had 605 inhabitants (266 males and 339 females), living in 126
houses. The Duke of Somerset is now lord of the manor and owner of
most of the soil.
William the Conqueror gave the manor of Bury or Berry to Ralph
de Pomerai, who built Berry Pomeroy Castle, which for 500 years was the
stately residence of the Pomeroys.
(From Burke's Landed Gentry.)
"The Castle of Berry Pomeroy in the county of Devon, one mile
from Totnes, took its name from a Norman estate of Rolfe de Pomeroy, by
whom it was originally erected.
"He came into England with the Norman Conqueror, and his descend-
ants resided -here until the reign of Edward VL, (1547-1553), when the
manor is said to have been sold by Sir Thomas de Pomeroy (about 1550)
to Edward Seymour, Duke of Somerset. From the ruins it may be inferred
that the ancient Castle was quadrangular, with a single entrance, upon the
south, between two towers, through a double gateway. They were in the
form of hexagons, one of them being strengthened by angular bastions and
still retaining the arms of the Pomeroys. Over the gateway is a small room
divided by a wall, supported by three pillars and circular arches. This
was probably the chapel. The ruins of the interior part, or quadrangle, are
much more modern than any other portion of the edifice.
"The Castle stood a mile distant toward the east from the parish
church of Biry (Berry) Pomeroy. What it was in its antique form can
hardly be calculated from what at present remains standing, which is only
the front facing the south in a direct line of about sixty cloth-yards in length.
The gate stands toward the west end of the front, over which, carved in
mott-stone, is yet remaining the Pomeroy arms. It had heretofore a double
portcullus, whose entrance is about twelve feet in height and thirty feet
in length; which gate is embattled, as are the walls yet standing home to
the east end thereof, where answereth yet in being a tower called St.
Margaret's, from which several gentlemen of this county recently held their
lands. Within this is a large quadrangle at the north and east side whereof
the family of Seymour built magnificent structure at the charges of £20,000,
but never brought it to perfection, for the west side of the quadrangle was
never begun.
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"What was finished may be thus described : Before the door of the
great hall was a noble walk, whose length was the breadth of the court,
arched over with curiously carved free-stone, supported in the forepart by
several stately pillars of the same stone of great dimensions, after the Cor-
inthian order, standing on pedestals having cornices of friezes finely wrought,
behind which were placed in the wall several seats, of frieze stone also, cut
in the form of an escallop shell in which the company, when weary, might re-
pose themselves.
"The apartments within were very splendid, especially the dining-room,
which was adorned, besides paintings, with statues and figures cut in alabas-
ter, with admirable art and labor ; but the chimney piece of polished marble,
curiously engraved, was of great cost and value. Many other of the rooms
are well adorned with mouldings and fret-work, some of whose marble
clavils vrere so delicately fine that they would reflect an object true and Hvely
from a great distance. Notwithstanding which 'tis now demolished, and
all this glory lieth in the dust, buried in its own ruins ; there being nothing
standing but a few broken walls, which seem to mourn their own approach-
ing funerals. But what we think strangest of all, is that one and the same
age saw the rise and fall of this noble structure."
"This Knight, Sir Ralph de Pomeroy, built a castle here which he
named Berry Pomeroy, and made it a seat of a barony or honour. The
family of the Pomeroys continued to reside here and hold the chief rank
in this part of the country until the reign of Edward VI., when the manor
of Berr>- came by forfeiture, cession or sale, it is not agreed which, from the
hands of Sir Thomas Pomeroy to the Protector Somerset, one of whose
descendants. Sir Edward Seymour, the second baronet, in the latter part
of his life lived in retirement in the Castle of Berry Pomeroy."
(From the Century Magazine, December, 1883.)
"Many and curious in Devonshire are the remains which link the past
in picturesque association with the present, and possess for the antiquarian
an interest which few other counties in England can rival. The ruins of
its ancient castles at Oakhampton, at Plympton, at Tiverton, at Totnes,
and at Berry Pomeroy, are among the most striking and beautiful of the
relics of feudal times. Though now mouldering in decay and yielding to
the general conquest of the ivy-trailers which cling around and cover with
a thin but densely picturesque mass of evergreen the crumbling stones of
keep, and embattlement, they attest no less by their grandeur, the thickness
of their walls, than by the surroundings of their position, that they were
once among the proudest of the feudal strong-holds of England.
"Perhaps of all these magnificent ruins, the most beautiful in charm and
grandeur are those of Berry Pomeroy. They stand on the crest of a lofty
cliflf, and are embowered in woods ; when viewed from the valley below
they impress the beholder with a sense of their exceeding grandeur. Berry
Pomeroy Castle was erected by Rolph de Pomeroy, one of the chief knights
of the Norman conqueror of England. The original extent of its buildings
may be comprehended from the statement that it was a long day's work
for a man-at-arms to open and close the easements belonging to them.
"According to one tradition the Castle was bombarded by the King's
troops during the reign of Edward VI., because the head of the House of
Pomeroy refused to obey a mandate of the King to dismantle it. In this
task the King was assisted by a terrific thunder storm; and its exposed
position, from which it towers above the highest trees of the magnificent
wood which surrounds it, would lend weight to the story. Again tradition
recites that it was not until the civil war that the castle was dismantled and
the church adornments carried off or destroyed."
As a pendent to this picture, it will not be amiss to give here what
Maton has said of the same place, in a tone more picturesque though not
more graphic than the description of the old chronicler.
"Berry Pomeroy Castle stands upon a rocky eminence rising above a
brook. The approach is through a thick beech wood extending along the
slope of a range of hills that entirely intercept any prospect to the south;
on the opposite side there is a steep rocky ridge covered with oak, so that
the ruins are shut into a beautiful valley and in quite a retired and romantic
situation on the banks of a bright stream which flows into the river Dart.
"The remarkable remains of Berry Pomeroy Castle at first suggest
only an idea of some peaceful monastic mansion to the mind of the spectator.
When he perceives frowning turrets, however, massive walls and gloomy
dungeons, his imagination will be wholly at variance with the beauty and
serenity of the spot, and he will think only of sieges, chains, torture and
death.
"The great gate, with the walls of the south front, the north wing of
the court or quadrangle, some apartments on the west side, and a turret or
two are the principal remains of the Castle; and these are so finely over-
hung with the branches of the trees and shrubs that grow close to the walls,
so beautifully mantled with ivy and so richly incrusted with moss, that they
constitute the most picturesque effects that can be imagined.
"And when the surrounding scenery is taken into account, the noble
mass of wood fronting the gate, the bold ridges rising into the horizon,
and the fertile valley rising in the opening to the east, the ruins of Berry
Pomeroy Castle must be considered as almost unparalleled in their grandeur.
The eastern tower is accessible by a passage from the chapel over the gate-
way; here is the best point for surveying the environs of the castle. The
interior part appears to be considerably more modern than the gate and
outer walls, the windows being square or oblong with lintels and cross-
bars of stone. There is, however, in the present mansion a fine apartment
called the great hall, seventy feet long and forty feet wide, while the roof
is of oak very curiously framed, and the chimney piece is fourteen feet in
height. It is going rapidly to decay, however, and the walls being com-
posed of slate, might be entirely demolished with little trouble. To these
details should be added that the Castle was dismantled in the time of the
great Civil War— about 1650."
(From the "Guide Book of Berry Pomeroy Castle.")
"Immediately over the gateway giving entrance to the tower of Berry
Pomeroy Castle is a small room containing about a dozen loop-holes and
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divided by a wall, supported by two pillars and circular arches. This cham-
ber is generally called the chapel, but was evidently the guard-room, seeing
that the opening for the fall of the portcullus still remains in the walls.
The chapel, however, was probably over or adjoining this apartment. In
the above room are steps leading down to two small chambers on each side
of the gateway which are arched over. They are six feet in width and
eleven feet in length and height, and also provided with loop-holes. A
passage leads out of the guard-room to the foot of the winding staircase,
by which visitors may ascend to the summit of the western tower, from
whence a very fine view of the surrounding country can be obtained. In
a direct line from this wall will be found at the eastern extremity of the
ramparts the remains of what are known in history by the name pf St.
Margaret's Towers, which possess a peculiar interest from the traditionary
supposition that in its gloomy basement chambers the proud Lady Eleanor
de Pomeroy confined her sister. Lady Matilda, for a lengthened period,
and a belief exists that in olden times a communication by means of a
subterranean passage was afforded from this same dungeon to Compton
Castle, another similarly fortified stronghold on the demesne of Sir Hum-
phrey Gilbert, who colonized Newfoundland, now occupied as a farm house,
and not far distant from Marldon.
"All the portions of the ruins of Berry Pomeroy Castle encircling
the interior were indisputably the work of Sir Rolfe de Pomeroy, on whom
the Conqueror bestowed the manor of Alricus the Saxon thane after his
subjugation of England in 1066. The comparatively modern parts are in-
dicative of their having contained many apartments, the windows and after
recesses showing the building to have been at least four stories high, but
the kitchen fire-places here are not nearly so large as those in the older
portion, in the northwest angle, which extends to a width of twelve feet
and large enough to permit a whole ox to be roasted at one time. The
difference in the architectural arrangement is here strikingly exhibited,
which may be accounted for by the change in the proprietorship from the
Pomeroys to the Seymours."
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This structure appears from the architecture to have been rebuilt in
the fifteenth century, most probably by Sir Richard de Pomeroy, the second
of the four sons of Sir Henry de Pomeroy. The south aisles, however,
must have been added afterward at the expense of sundry persons whose
names are recorded on the scrolls encircling the capitals of the southern pil-
lars. At the front of one of the tombs in Berry churchyard were the arms
of the Pomeroys, at the western end of the monument, and at the eastern
end a shield, supported by two angels, at one time displayed Pomeroy arms
impaled with those of Sir Richard Denzell, of Filleigh, whose daughter
Elizabeth married Richard, who was of the fifteenth generation from Rolfe.
and whose mother was Alice, daughter of Walter Raleigh. Judging from
the style of architecture, the church it is believed was erected during the
lifetime of this Sir Richard, between 1470-1512, and who may possibly
have been incited to undertake the work through the will of his brother
Sir St. Clere de Pomeroy, at that time Abbot of Buckfast
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Concerning this church, Prince, who was long the Vicar, tells us in the
Worthies of Devon, that it was founded perhaps by Sir Richard Pomeroy.
and that it is a "handsome, compact although no large pile: Whose coat-
armour is intinged in the glass of several windows thereof, with their
matches, remaining still plain and visible to the eye. Thus we have it
twice single in the first south window within the door; once single as I
take it in the east window of the chancel ; also, in the east window of the
north aisle is Pomerai's coat three times ; once single and twice paled, with
the Raleigh and Denzel. In the first north window it is twice single ; and
in the second, once ; and in the roof of the church porch doth it still remain,
cut in stone, which undoubtedly has been long there continued ever since
the first building thereof.
"As for the monuments raised over the graves or sepulchres of the
dead, relating to this family, there is only one remaining, now robbed of its
former splendour: It is an altar-tomb, under an arch, in the north wall
of the chancel, raised near breast-high, covered with a fair table of green
marble ; which was sometime inlayed with a coat of arms, and a motto under,
of gilded brass or copper; which are long since become the prey of some
greedy hands. At the east end of this monument is Pomerai impaled with
benzil ; at the west end single : Which shew it was raised to the memory
of Sir Richard Pomeroy and his lady, who was daughter and heir of Sir
Richard Denzil. The arch is finely fretted and flowered.
"The last of this name that possessed the castle of Biry, was Sir Thomas
Pomeroy, Knight, a commander in the wars under King Henry the Eighth,
in France. How he and his posterity came to be dispossessed thereof, may
be enquired elsewhere."
The magnificent screen with the projection of the rood-loft remaining,
is profusely adorned with fern tracery, handsome perpendicular bosses,
carving and gilding. The lower part of it having been much mutilated by
malicious vandals; the carved figures in the compartments into which it
was divided are therefore very indistinct.
In the tower of the church, which is square and embattled, there was
once apparently a chapel opening beneath an arch on the southern side.
Above the place where the altar must have stood, there remains a stone
shelf which was doubtless a retable. Three of the bells are dated 1607,
1635 and 1715, and are inscribed in the name of the church wardens. A
fourth bell was hung in the year 1829.
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Contiguous to the church on the northeast side stands Berry Pomeroy
House, which before the Reformation was doubtless the Rectory House
and occasional residence of the Prior of Moreton, to whom the Rectory
then belonged. The dining-room is wainscoted and has two square-headed
perpendicular doorways. The house also contains some fine specimens of
oak carving.
On the southern side of the church is the Vicarage, where the Rev.
John Prince wrote the "Worthies of Devon," the first edition of which was
published in 1701. He died in 1723, and was buried in the churchyard of the
parish of Berry Pomeroy, of which he had been vicar for forty-two years,
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and previous to this he had been vicar of Totnes, which was a part of the
Pomeroy domain, about five years.
The Rev. John Prince was succeeded by Rev. Joseph Fox, who died
1st February, 1781, aged eighty-four, having been fifty-eight years Vicar
of Berry Pomeroy. He was succeeded by the Rev. John Edwards, who died
on the 23d April, 1834, aged eighty-three, having been Vicar for fifty-three
years. He died at Blagdon, and his Curate, the Rev. Edward Brown, be-
came Vicar. In 1843 he exchanged livings with the Rev. William Bur-
rough Cosens, who died at Berry Vicarage on November 1st, 1861, after
having been Vicar for eighteen years. He was succeeded on the 28th
November, 1861, by the Rev. Arthur J. Everett (second son of the late
Joseph Everett, Esq., D.L., P.J., of Greenhill House, Wilts), and was in-
stituted 14th February, 1862, and resigning the living on the 29th February,
1896, he was succeeded in jNIarch of the same year by the Rev. H. S. Prinsep,
formerly Curate of Southgate, a nephew of the Duchess of Somerset.
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The architectural features of the Castle Mill on the manor of Berry
Pomeroy are well worth examining. You reach it by a narrow winding
path on the northeast side of the castle at the foot of a hill by which runs
a little brook. The water of the brook after being confined by a dam serves
to turn the mill wheel. Although the water power is at present made use
of for the purpose of sawing wood, in ages gone by it was employed in sup-
plying the needs of the castle. By surmounting the bank on the opposite
side of the stream one can obtain a view of the ruins somewhat less ob-
structed than any that can be had at any other point.
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(From Mortimer's "Berry Pomeroy Castle")
"The Devon insurrection was in 1549. In this rebellion Sir Thomas
Pomeroy was deeply concerned, and being the last of the family who occupied
Berry Castle it is averred by some historians that he saved his life by mak-
ing over the manor and castle of Berry Pomeroy to Lord Protector, Edward
Seymour, Duke of Somerset.
"Lyson says this estate came into possession of the Seymours by grant
or purchase from the Crown, since at the time of the attainder of Sir
Thomas, the Protector was in the Tower of London on a charge of treason,
of which he was acquitted, but afterwards being found guilty of felony was
beheaded on Tower Hill, December, 1551. His brother. Sir Thomas Sey-
mour, Lord Dudley, Lord High Admiral of England, was executed March
20, 1549."
(From "The Battle Abbey Roll," vol. 3, by the Duchess of Cleveland, 1889.)
"The Castle and Honour of Berry Pomeroy in Devonshire which had
been purchased by the Protector, was restored in blood by Edward VI., the
year after his (Seymour's) father's execution."
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"Sir Thomas Pomeroy is described as a 'simple gente'* and his life
was perhaps spared on account of his feeble intellect, but no mercy was
shown to his estate. After a short struggle he was forced to relinquish the
stately home that had been the head of the house since the days of the
Conqueror, and Berry Pomeroy was sold to the Seymours."
"In 1549, in the west of Devon, the insurrection had affected a higher
gfrade. Sir Thomas Pomeroy and Sir Humphrey Arundel of the North of
Devon, and other men of weight and property, had 20,000 men under the
banner of the cross." Arundel was Governor of St. Michael's Mount. He
and three others were hanged at Tyburn. Sir Thomas Pomeroy retired
to his Castle of Berry Pomeroy and put up a stout resistance against the
Kingfs troops, but by the treachery of one of the sub-tenants, who had
knowledge of the secret subterranean passage leading to Compton Castle,
Bery Pomeroy was betrayed and fell into the hands of the King's troops.
— Froude's England.
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(From the "Guide Book of Berry Pomeroy Castle")
"The Pomeroys, as descendants of the Feudal Barons, having for cen-
turies enjoyed within their extensive domains a power almost equal to that
of the Crown, they could ill restrain that imperative authority, which for gen-
erations they had assumed as a primogenial right, and which was ever rec-
ognized as such by the ruling monarchs. At the order then for dismantling
the castles of England, the inheritors of Castle de Pomeroy, tradition affirms,
resisted the royal mandates. A siege was commenced in consequence by
♦This statement or surmise that Sir Thomas Pomeroy's mentality was
impaired at this time or later should not be taken seriously. On the contrary,
not many years previous to this insurrection he had attended Henry VIII.,
in his wars in France, and displayed sufficient force of character and good
fortune in arms to attract the confidence of that war-like monarch. How-
ever, his action during the insurrection in Devon was that of one whose
sympathies were with his people. Like views were expressed by H. Sterling
Pomeroy, M. D., in a letter from Totnes, England, in 1907. The Doctor said: "Sir
Thomas de Pomeroy stood by his faith, partly at least, because he very justly
believed that justice and fair play to the commoners was on that side as
against the other, which was serving the ends of personal ambition and
private greed. We should be proud of Sir Thomas de Pomeroy, and glad that
he took just the stand he did. In his time and place we would doubtless
have done the same. But such action is expensive. The most expensive
luxury one can purchase without loss of self-respect, is that of being right
rather than to be with the King. His poor neighbors and tenants whom he
had tried to aid and defend were now helpless; nay, many of them maimed or
dead; others in prison; some of them condemned to death. All this brings
up a picture which I think has occurred to few of us, yet it is a true and just
definition of what actually happened to him and his. It is a matter of sensitive
regard for the things of human weal, v/hich make for the harmony of this
universe as the Creator intended it should. It is a matter of the manhood
that spells out duty to his fellow man, so that it shall be the result of
mental and physical courage; without fear to move a step ahead of his place and
time; to take that step, and with it the penalties and pains, which are always the
heritage of the one who dares to lead. Such an one was our grandfather,
such an one was our father, but above all and before all such an one
was our progenitor in America, in 1630, Eltweed Pomeroy."
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the forces of King Edward VI., (1549), which was long, obstinatdy, and
with bravery withstood bv those feudal Princes of the Castle, Sir Thc^s
de Pomeroy and his kinsmen with their numerous retinue. Spurred on
by the most determined resolution to live or die free men, rather than, as
they imagined, basely survive the loss of those long-enjoyed honors wmcn
were now by the arm of tyranny to be wrested from them, they so mcenied
the king by their temerity that he forthwith issued most peremptory orders
for their subjugation. Much time as well as blood and treasure were con-
sumed in front of the walls of the Castle of Berry Pomeroy ere this strong
and stately fortress ceased to shelter its valiant defenders ; inside their al-
most impregnable fortress were the besieged, protected by its turreted and
castelated walls, while the besiegers, exposed to the constant showers of
destructive missiles, fell on all sides, till the slaughter among the King's
soldiers was appalling. At length, however, either by force, stratagem or
treason, the Castle was carried. Tradition affirms that Pomeroys, rather
than sui-vive their lost or faded glories, rather than submit to do homage to
an incensed monarch, blindfolded their horses and mounting spurred them
to the northern precipice on which the Castle stands, which but to look from
might appal the stoutest heart."
"The English poet Keats has inscribed the tribute contained m these
lines to the defenders of the Castle of Berry Pomeroy :
"Hark! heard you not those shouts of dreadful note?
Sounds not the conflict on the heath?
Saw ye not where the reeking sabre smote;
Nor saved your brethren ere they sank beneath
Tyrants and tyrants' slaves? The fires of death,
The bale-fires flash on high; from rock to rock
Each volley tells that thousands cease to breathe."
Historians differ widely as to the manner in which the Seymours suc-
ceeded the Pomeroys in the ownership of this ancient domain, but m order
to correct any erroneous impressions we here furnish the written testimony
of the late twelfth Duke of Somerset, who in a letter from Stover, Devon,
under the date of January 5, 1875, said : "I can state that Berry Pomeroy
Castle was purchased in the reign of Edward VI." And in corroboration
of this statement we copy the following from an old engraving representing
the south view of Berry Pomeroy Castle and dedicated to Sir Edward
Seymour of Maiden Bradley, in the county of Wilts, Bart, by Saml. and
Nathl. Buck:
'This Castle was built by Sir Ralph de Pomeroy, in the Conqueror s
time, and was the head Barony of his Family ; his Posterity continued many
descents there, till the time of King Edward VI., when it was sold by
Sir Thomas de Pomeroy unto Ed Seymour,* Duke of Somerset, who set-
tled this manor with several others on his issue by his first Lady Catherine,
(•The painter of the picture, of which the engraving referred to here is a
copy, was at the time in the employ of Ed Seymour and painted the picture
to his order; he was doubtless directed to paint in the words of the legend
just quoted. — A. A. P.)
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daughter and co-heir to Sir Um. Filliot of Woodville, from whom the
present Sir Edward is directly descended. — S. & N. Buck, Delin. et Sculp.,
1734."
(From the Domesday Book.)
To the genealogist the Exeter text (Exon Domesday Book), History
of Somerset, Victoria Histories, vol. I, 430 is a record of the greatest value ;
for it enables us at times to identify those of whom the Exchequer text
gives us but the Christian names.
"Again, the Beatrice who holds of Ralf de Pomerei at Nether Stowey
is entered in the Exeter book as Ralph's sister. Air. Eyton points out that
she also held of him a Devon manor ; while she held further in that county
two manors of William Capra, who is similarly entered as her brother.
On the strength of this he asserted that Ralph and William de Pomerei
were brothers (Somerset Domesday, vol i, p. 64), and although this may
seem^ not absolutely clear, it is interesting to note that Roger Capra and
William his son were benefactors in the next generation to the Pommeraye
Abbey of St. Mary du Val." — (Calendar of Documents, France, page 536.)
It has developed that Beatrice mentioned in the above extracts, as sister
of Sir Ralph de Pomeroy, was Abbess of the Benedictine Abbey of St.
Michael's Mount, in Mount Bay.
(From "Worthies of Devon/' p. 285, under "Capt. John Davies")
"Sandridge, Devon, near Berry Pomeroy, became the inheritance of
the ancient and honorable family of Berrj^ Pomeroy, and most likely at last,
the portion of a younger son of Berry Castle, in the parish of Berry Pome-
roy, about four miles from (it) ; though afterwards it yielded a strain for
that ancient and noble house. For Sir John de la Pommeraye of Berry
Pomeroy, of the tenth generation, having no heirs, settled his lands (about
1404) upon Sir Thomas of Sandridge, aforesaid, who had married Joan,
daughter of Sir James Chudleigh, Kt., by his wife Joan Pomeroy, sister of
the said Sir John. Sandridge still remains in this honorable name, and is
at this time ( 1701 ) the dwelling of Roger Pomeroy, Esq., the topmost
branch of this ancient stock."
"This family was not only very noble in its original, but in its alliances,
matching once with the blood royal and several times with the daughters
of the principal peers of the realm. Here (Berry Pomeroy) this great
progeny had their dwelling from the time of the Norman conquest to the
days of King Edward VI., about 500 years."
"Still of the Castle there remain
Legends that evidence sustain."
But among the many handed down to posterity there is none more cher-
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ished than the one relating to the Pomeroys at the time of the last siege,
when prior to their d sperate leap over the precipice, they
— '"first had buried in the soil
W'tiat foes had fought for — gold and spoil,"
and of the scene that followed, Mrs. Cuming, late of Totnes, authoress of
the "Forest of Arden," and other poems, thus wrote in poetical language:
"This rumour, then so widely known.
Into the neighb'ring towns had flown,
And peasants, and the idle poor.
All loathing work, and loving gain.
Would oft discuss the ancient lore.
And wonder if there could be found
Without much labour, loss, or pain
A treasure hidden underground;
'And one who better days had known.
Went there to lodge by night and day.
Went there to dig, and wierd and lone.
He frightened all who passed that way.
Buit years before this wight was born,
A peasant rose at earliest morn.
For thrice within the night he dreamed.
That he must with the dawn of day
To Pomeroy Castle make his way;
A call from Heaven it seemed.
At least so much impelled, that he
Firmly believed that he should be
Rewarded, and should realize
His brightest hopes, and gain a prize.
Resolved, he took the nearest track,*
With fitting tools upon his back.
And as he trudged his way along
He met a burly country squire —
Thus putting out his humdrum song —
Who stopped him and must needs enquire
'Where he was going that early morn
'Ere dews were dry, or sun was born.
'Art going to "vvork upon this track
'With pick and shovel on thy back?
'I thought that thou had'st laid them by,
'And i>arish rates thy wants supply.'
Such men as these were then put down
By lofty menace, scoff, or frown;
With these combined he did compel
The quarry-man his dream to tell:
Told him the place would surely fall;
That all the treasure he would gain
Was ridicule, and loss, and pain;
Threatened to cudgel him withal;
In short, such rhetoric employed
As finally his dupe decoyed
To turn at once and go to bed.
Now — who was he, who weriit — Instead.
•A fact.
When the last fading rays of light
Had given place to darkest night.
His mother had not known the one.
In his disguise, for her own son;
And over all a cloak he wore.
Concealing miner's spade and bore.
His nerves were firm, his pulse was strong.
As thus equipped he stole along.
With stealthy steps made good his way.
Through Berry where the ruins lay.
Grossips relate, when centuries meet,
The shades of the departed greet
Each other in the midnight air.
And that such trysting place was there.
No such puerile fancies then
Disturbed this man, nor fear of men.
But little knew that one was there
Concealed within a dungeon near.
Who, hearing footsteps coming on.
Though in a paralysis of fear.
Had, longing, dying, wish to see
Who he who thus forstalled should be.
Had cautiously — how cautiously! drawn near.
A sudden flash from lanthorn fire
Showed the suspected one — the squire;
If Argus had one hundred eyes,
Rumour a thousand tongues supplies;
But whether either of the twain
Obtained the prize they hoped to gain.
As in his dream one saw it hid
In an old crock without a lid.
The doubtful chronicler of old
Deposes not, nor could have told.
The squire, the peasant, both are laid ;
Within the nearest churchyard soil,
Where death hath no distinction made
In the rich man, or him of toil."
Among the variety of legends handed down in regard to the Castle
there are many of a sensational character, of the type of which love and
violence predominate. According to the superstitious, Berry Pomeroy
Castle and its grounds are said to be still haunted. One story avers that
a fair maid of the Castle "pHghted her troth to a son of a neighboring lord,
between whom and the Pomeroys a life-blood feud raged, and that a brother
of the young lady came upon them in a rose bower and killed both. Tales
of this description are innumerable and it is not surprising, therefore, when
the shadows of the night fall that ghosts are conjured up in the minds
of the imaginative. But perhaps no tale is more cherished than the one
relating to the Pomeroys at the time of the last siege of the Castle, when
prior to their desperate leap over the precipice the Barons had buried in
the soil the gold and spoil their foes had fought for.
A local legend at Berry Pomeroy concerning Henry de la Pomeroy
asserts that he never left Berry Pomeroy, and that when the King's pur-
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suivant came to arrest him he mounted his horse and leaped from the
battlements into the valley below.
"Out over the cliffe, out into the night.
Three hundred feet of fall;
They found him nest morning below in the glen,
With never a bone in him whole;
A mass and a prayer, good gentlemen, all.
For such a bold rider's soul."
"The wishing tree of Berry Pomeroy is the prettiest superstition of the
place, and is the only one left in England. It is a lofty wide-spreading
beech. The wisher is to walk three times around the tree with the sun,
and three times backward, thinking of the wish that must be unspoken and
unknown to any one. The wish will come true."
The descendants of the founder of Berry Pomeroy Castle retained
the lands appertaining to their ancestral home, and mingled their names in
song and legend for a period of nearly five centuries, that is, from 1066 to
1549, the third year, of the reign of Edward VI., as already stated, when,
according to one writer, "they were forfeited by the treason of Sir Thomas
Pomeroy, and bestowed upon the hauty Lord Protector, Somerset (Edward
Seymour), who first rose into royal favor by the marriage of his eldest
sister, Jane, to Henry VIII. ; and this monarch, under his will, appointed
him one of his executors and a member of the Council upon whom devolved
the duty of executing the powers of the Crown during the minority of his
son and successor, Edward VI., who was also, of course, a nephew of
Somerset's. It may here be stated that the Seymour family, whose history
is largely interwoven with that of England, derives its name from a place
called St. Maur, in Normandy; and that at the period of the Reformation
the head of this illustrious house was Sir John Seymour, who accompanied
King Henry VIIL, to his wars in France, and to the Field of the Cloth
of Gold. His eldest son was the before mentioned Edward Seymour, who
was created a few days after the royal nuptials. Viscount Beauchamp,
and in the following year raised to the dignity of Earl of Hertford. King
Henry VIIL, seems to have placed great confidence in his brother-in-law,
who, quickly obtaining an ascendancy over the other councillors, was nomi-
nated Lord Treasurer of England and created Duke of Somerset on the 17th
of February, 1547. Two days after this he obtained a grant of the office
of Earl Marshal for life, and on the 12th of March following, procured a
patent from the young King, constituting himself Protector of the Realm —
an office altogether new to the Constitution — thus giving himself full regal
power.
At this juncture the reforms in the Church, instituted by the advisors
of young King Edward, excited considerable discontent, and the conspic-
uous part enacted by the owners of Berry Pomeroy in public affairs, to-
gether with the feeling of the country, may not be inaptly alluded to here.
Amongst other causes for complaint were the exorbitant rents demanded
for the confiscated Abbey lands by the new proprietors, who created fur-
ther discontent by frequently spending the money in London. The cottagers
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were also reduced to misery, by the enclosure of the commons on which they
pastured their cattle. And the discovery of the West Indies causing a
general increase of gold and silver in Europe, the price of commodities
had to be raised; a debasement of coin, moreover, by Henry VIII., and
subsequently by the Protector, occasioning universal distrust and stagna-
tion of commerce. Consequently, a rising soon began in several parts of
England ; and although the rioters in most places were instantly subdued, in
Devonshire and Norfolk the disorders assumed, in 1549, more serious pro-
portions. In Devonshire the rioters organized quite a formidable army,
mustering about 10,000 in number, who besieged Exeter, demanding that
the mass should be restored, half of the Abbey lands resumed, the law of the
six articles executed, holy water and holy bread respected, and all other
particular grievances redressed. Lord Russell, who had been dispatched
against them, routed the rioters, and took many prisoners ; the leaders being
sent to London, where they were tried and executed, whilst many of the
lower classes were put to death by martial law.
In the Civil Wars between Charles I., and the Parliament, Pomeroy
Castle was dismantled — thus denuding it of its once stately power; but it
was occupied in magnificent state until the reign of James II., (1685) by
Edward Seymour, who headed a rising against that monarch, and was at
that period styled the haughty and magnificent leader of "the country
party." From the time of this Seymour's decease, the mansion appears to
have fallen into decay, and tradition ascribes its destruction to a terrible
thunder storm when it was set on fire by the scathing lightning. Whilst
another version declares that the castle was taken in the time of Charles I.,
and carried by great guns planted on the hills opposite the precipice. The
latter story of its having been stormed by artillery sufficiently accounts
(says Mrs. Bray) for this side is more battered than any other part of
the building, various circumstances existing, likewise, to render the state-
ment more than probable. — (Guide Book of Berry Pomeroy Castle.)
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During the Revolution in' England, at the time of the succession of
William Prince of Orange, after his unopposed landing at Brixham, Devon,
on November 5, 1688, where a monument to commemorate the event now
stands on the quay, that Silent Prince advanced slowly with his force of
15,000 men, the first halt being at Berry Pomeroy, where he was met by
a large number of English nobles and others. The conference held in cot-
tages on the old manor of Berry Pomeroy was termed their first Parliament,
the place of assembly being known to this day as Parliament Cottages. In
1887, a stone recording the fact was erected. The rising ground on the
summit of which stands a cluster of trees, is now called Parliament Hill,
which, from its elevated position, can be seen for many miles around. The
Prince proceeded thence through Newton Abbot and in four days reached
Exeter, where he was received with joy as the champion of the Protestant
faith.
93 ^cm^rtig iHattors in (Unrnmall
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(From History of Cornzvall; by the Rev. R. Polwhele.)
"Henry Pomeroy, lord of this manor in the time of Henry I., was the
descendant of Ralph de Pomeraye, who caine into England with William
the Conqueror, and was such a favorite of his, as Dugdale saith in his
Baronage, that he conferred upon him fifty-eight lordships in Devon, others
in Somerset, in Dorset, and in Cornwall, whereof this Tregny and Wich
(now Mary-Wike) in Cornwall were two. Perhaps they were such lands
as fell to the Crown by virtue of their lords or owners rebelling against
the Conqueror in that insurrection of Exon, in the second year of his
reign. This Ralph de Pomeroy had issue Joscelinus. whose son Henry
married one of the natural daughters (Rohesia) of King Henry I., by
Corbett's daughter (Sibella), mother also by him of Reginald Fitz-Henry,
Earl of Cornwall, the which Henry had issue by her Henry and Joscelin.
Henry married de Vitrei's daughter, and by her had issue Sir Henry de
Pomeroy, lord of this place and Biry Pomeroye in Devon, who sided with
John, Earl of Moreton and Cornwall against King Richard I., then beyond
the seas ; and afterwards gave to the Kjiights Hospitallers of St. John Bap-
tist the church of St. Maderne in Penwith ; whereupon it ever after be-
longed to their preceptory at Trebigh, in St. Eue. King John, by virtue of
his manor at Tibesta, granted the liberty of fishing, or the royalty of the
river Vale, to one of the Pomeroyes, lord of this manor.
"To remove an action at law depending in the court-leet of Tregoney,
the writ of certiorari,'*' or accedas ad curiam was thus directed, as was also
the precept for members of Parliament: 'Henricus Pomeroy, Seneschallo
et Balliz'o Manerui siii de Tregoni Pomeroy in comitatu Cornuhia saliUemf
again, 'ad curiam C. W. arm de Tregoney in comitatu Cornubioe salutem.' "
"Tregony occurs in Domesday among the lands of the Earl of Moreton
and Cornwall, the King's brother, who held Tregoin or Tregoni; after
which this manor, I find came very early into the ancient family of the
Pomeroys, who no doubt obtained great inheritance in this county by the
marriage of Henry with a natural daughter of King Henry I., and whose
grandson Henry by marriage with Johanna de Valletort, left issue a son
named Henry likewise, who, Anno 18 Edward I., was found next heir to
the last of that noble family; whose ancestor, Roger de Valletort, Anno 32
Henry II., gave that King 100 marks for the honour of Moreton. To
which honour this borough, with the two Looes and Saltash. I should judge
to have belonged and been comprehended among the knight's fees, and so
to have from the V^alletorts descended to the Pomeroys; but that I find
them possessed of it in Henry III.'s time, in the 44th year of whose reign
•The writ of certiorari, or summons to the court: Henr7 Pomeroy, greet-
ing to the seneschall (steward) and bailif of his manory in Tregony in
Pomeroy'8 retinue of Cornwall; again, Christopher Wolvedon, to the court,
in armor of Trigony in the retinue of Cornwall, greetings. (Comubia is the
new Latin for Cornwall.)
f^tatarg of tl|? 3^nm?roij 3^amtly 94
Henry de Pomeroy held the manor of Tregoney.* The Castle of Tregoney,
tradition saith, was built by Henry de Pomeray on behalf of John, Earl
of Cornwall, in opposition to King Richard L, his elder brother, then be-
yond the Seas." — Hals.
"Tregony, about three miles south of Grampound, was formerly a dis-
tinct parish, but is now merged in Cuby, its church having been long since
destroyed. Being situated on the Fal, Tregony has sometimes been sug-
gested In connection with the Roman station of Cemon, but Cemon was
almost certainly Kenwyn. The place actually returned two members to
Parliament in the time of Henry I., probably through the influence of its
lords, the Pomeroys, who had a castle thewK^-^Arthur L. Salmon, Cornwall.
"At Tregony are some trifling remains of a castle said to have been
built by Henry de Pomeroy when Richard I., was' in the Holy Land.
Tregony was an ancient borough sending members to Parliament in the
reign of Edward I." — Handbook for Travelers in Cornwall, Murray.
"There is a keep and castle yet standing at Tregoney, of no longer
date than the conquest. It was erected by the Pomeroys, whose seat it was.
So far Tonkin, (an early writer on the district, 1678-1742). But at present
time there is scarcely the trace of a ruin. "Ruan, Lanyhorne Castle, (says
Tonkin), stood to the south of the church, at no great distance from it,
the rectory house lying between them; below that and parallel with this.
in a pleasant situation enough, on the edge of a creek, into which a small
rivulet empties itself, and the river Fale, which is here of considerable
breadth when the tide is in; and surrounded formerly with woods which
are now mostly destroyed. Leland gives this account of the state it was in,
in his time." — History of Cornzi'all, Rev. R. Polwhele.
"At the lower end of this town (Tregoney) on the east side of Fal
River, a little below the hospital, is an earthwork on a hill, still called
Castle Hill, on which are some scanty remains of a castle built by Sir
Henry de Pomeroy (temp. Richard L). Tradition says that Baron Pome-
roy, being appointed Lord of the Manor in the reign of Henry IL, on
behalf of Prince John, Earl of Mortain and Cornwall, espoused the cause
of John when in rebellion against his brother Richard L The castle was
standing and remained a seat of these Pomeroys until the reign of Edward
VI.
"Tragoney is a small borough town on the same side of the river,
three miles to the southwest of Grampound. It is a place of great antiquity,
being mentioned in Domesday Book as part of the Earldom of Cornwall,
given by the Conqueror to his brother Robert, from whom it descended to
the family of Pomeroy, who were in possession of it till the reign of
Elizabeth, but either by descent or purchase, it is now part of the estate
of the noble family of Boscowen.
"In the 40th year of King Henry III., the Pomeroy family was re-
turned among the first-class land holders ; they continued to possess consid-
erable landed property in Cornwall for several generations, their chief seat
being at Tragoney, and holding thirty librates of land.
•Roger Pomeroy (nineteenth generation from Sir Ralph) buried 23 July
1708, was heir to his cousin Hugh, who died seized of Tregony, 8 Elizabeth.
■—A. A. P.
95 P0ttu^r0g iHannrH t« Olornuiall
"From Tregony to passe down by the body of the haven of Falamuth,
to the mouth of Lanyhorne creeke or hille, on the south-est side of the
haven, is a two miles. This creke goith up half a mile from the principale
streame of the haven. At the head of this creke standith the castelle of
Lanyhorne, sumtyme a castelle of an eight towres & now decaying for lak
of coveiture. It longgid as principal house to the Archedeacon. This
lande descendid by heires general to the Corbetes bf Shropshir and to Vaulx
of North Amptonshir. Vaulx part syns bought by Tregyon of Cornewaule,"
By this one may guess what a stately castle this formerly was. For in my
time, was only one tower of the castle standing; which was so large, that,
if the other seven were equal to it, the whole being must be of a prodigious
magnitude. But I fancy this was the body of the whole, for there is not
room enough about it for so great a pile ; so that I believe the eight towers
mentioned by Leland were only turrets, and appendixes to this principal
part I wish I had taken a draught of it in season (as I often intended) ;
for this too was pulled down in or about the year 1718, by Mr. Grant; who,
having obtained leave from the lord to do it, erected several houses with
the materials and turned it to a little town ; to which ships of about eighty
or one hundred tons come up, and supply the neighborhood with coal, tim-
ber, etc., as the barges do with sand. But, since the writing of this, I am
informed that six of the eight towers were standing within these thirty years ;
of which that which I have mentioned was the biggest and loftiest, as being
at least fifty feet in height. Thus Tonkin."
Whitaker ascribes the site of this castle to the choice of the Romans,
who placed a fort there to command the lower ford of the Fal, having a high
precipice on each side, and a brook which joined the river, beneath it. The
trenches of the later fortress built here are still visible. — (Castles of England,
by Sir lames D. McKenzie.)
"The Castle of Tregoney must have been originally erected by the
earliest Romans and have been afterwards turned into a modern castle by
either the late Romans or their immediate successors, the Britons. It would
therefore be only repaired or rebuilt by Henry de Pomeraye.* He was son
of King Henry First's daughter and old enough to ask favors from King
Henry himself, for his town of Tregoney could never have been active
enough, if he could have been alive, to take up arms for King John against
King Richard and to erect and rebuild a castle at Tregoney in his favour.
Henry the First died in 1135 and Richard succeeded him after Henry the
Second and Stephen in 1189. The Tregoney Pomeroys ended in a female
branch under the reign of Elizabeth." — Polwhele.
•Like all other English authorities on the subject, up to the time of the pub-
lication of "The Victoria History" of the Counties of Devon, Cornwall, Dorset,
and Somerset, etc., and the "Visitations of the County Devon," Polwhele
makes the mistake of marrying Sir Ralph de Pomeroy's son Joscelinus or
William to King Henry's daughter instead of his grandson Henry de Pomeroy,
as given in a supplemental leaf to the Pomeroy pamphlet, published in March,
1909, on the authority of the two publications cited in this note. It was
Henry, son of Joscelinus, who married Rohesia, daughter of Henry I., and
their son Henry, who was of the fourth generation, who took up arms for
John. Those old English authorities, who wrote at random, have caused
great confusion.
IftBtory of tl|^ Pam^rog iFamilg 90
(From "Castles of England," by Sir James D. McKenzie.)
"On a high eminence over the river Lynhar, which flows into the
Hamoaze near Saltash, stands the most entire of all the ancient castles of
Cornwall. Leland wrote : 'The greaunt and auncient Castelle of Tremer-
toun is upon a Rokky Hille ; whereof great peaces yet stond, and especially
the Dungeon. The Ruines now serve for a prison. Great Liberties long
to this Castelle. The Valletortes were of great Possession, wer owners,
and as far as I can gather, Builders of tliis Castel.'
"But its antiquity is probably superior to this, as the castle appears to
have been erected soon after the conquest, on an ancient earthwork fortress
belonging to the Saxon Earls of Cornwall. Here, at the time of the Domes-
day Survey, William, Earl of Mortain or IMoreton and Cornwall, half-
nephew of the Conqueror, had the head of his great barony ; but on the con-
fiscation of his possessions the Crown retained Trematon, which is said to
have been bestowed afterwards on a native British prince. From him it
came by heiress to Reginald, a natural son of Henry I., and by their
daughter Ursula to Walter de Dunstanville, Baron of Castlecombe, Corn-
wall, whose issue failing it passed in the reign of Richard I., by marriage
to Reginald de Valletort, whose grandson again passed Trematon, by his
daughter Eglina (Johanna) to Sir Henry Pomeroy of Berry Pomeroy,
Devon. His grandson made over the property to King Edward HI., in his
eleventh year, and on the investment of the Black Prince as Duke of Corn-
wall, his honor and castle with the manor were granted to him and made part
of the Duchy of Cornwall, in which it still remains.
"The Fortress, as we see it, consists of a large oval enclosure of stone
curtain wall, six feet in thickness and thirty feet high, with an embattled
parapet, encircling an area of three-quarters of an acre. In the direction
of the longer axis of this enciente, in the northwest corner, is a lofty and
steep artificial mound, on the top of which stands a fine Norman shell keep,
oval in form and over thirty feet high, the walls of which are ten feet thick,
with crenellated parapet, and measure twenty-four yards on the longest and
seventeen on the least diameter. The entrance is through a circular-headed
doorway at the top of the mound, which is surrounded by a ditch of its own.
The entrance to the Castle is on the southwest, under a square gate-house
having a gateway with three arches and a portcullis groove, with a guard-
room over, in a fair state of repair. Nothing remains of the lodgings and
buildings within the enclosure, nor of those within the keep, which were
built against the wall, as at Lincoln, without any exterior lights. On the
north is a postern, and other buildings stood thereabouts. A deep ditch
surrounds the whole fortress."
(From "The Ancient Castles of England and Wales," engraved by William
Woolwater.)
"The Dukes and Earls of Cornwall, before their almost regal power
became annexed to the English crown, possessed four principal residences
in this county, namely, the Castles of Tremeton, Launceston, Restormel
and Liskard. The first of these fortresses, although the time of its erection
and its builder are equally unknown, is yet supposed to have existed pre-
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viously to the time of the Norman invasion, when William I. bestowed
the County of Cornwall upon his brother, Robert, Earl of Morton in Nor-
mandy, dispossessing Condor, Cadocus or Candorus, the last of the British
lords of it.
"Carew, in his very interesting survey of Cornwall, edited by Lord
de Dunstanville, states that in the chancel of St. Stephen's church, which
belonged to the castle, there was dug up a leaden coffin, which being opened
showed the proportions of a very big man, that fell into dust immediately
it was touched. An inscription upon the lead stated that it was the body of
a Duke, whose heir was married to the Prince. Carew conjectures that it
was Ogerius, Duke of Cornwall, A. D. 959, because his daughter, Elfrida,
was married to Edgar, King of England; but Borlaise, in his Antiquities
of Cornwall, supposes that, as Wilham of Malmsbury says, Ogerius was
buried at Tavistock Abbey, the body to have been that Cadocus, son of
Cadorus above mentioned, whose only daughter and heir, Agnes, was
married to Reginald Fitz-Henry, the natural son of King Henry I.
"In the Domesday Survey the manor of Treraaton is called Tremetone ;
the castle is mentioned, and the possessor was William. Earl of Cornwall
and Morton, the son of Robert. The Exeter Domesday also makes it
Tremetona, and states that Reginald de Valletort held both the county
and the castle for Earl Robert; hence, Leiand erroneously imagined in his
itinerary, that the Valletorts were the builders of the fortress. In the year
1104, the whole of the estates of William. Earl of Cornwall and Morton,
passed by attainder to the crown ; and it is then supposed that Cadocus
was restored to the ancient possessions of his family, and resided and died
at Tremeton Castle.
"Reginald Fitz-Henry already mentioned, was the next Earl of Corn-
wall and from him the lordship of Trematon passed to his daughter and
co-heiress, Ursula, and upon failure of male issue it again became the
possession of Reginald de Valletort, who held fifty-nine knights' fees
appertaining to the honor of Trematon in the reign of Richard I. John
de Valletort to whom Trematon next reverted, had a son Reginald or Roger,
the last male heir of. that family, who gave the honour and castle to Richard,
Earl of Cornwall and King of the Romans. In 1305 Sir Henry de la
Pomeroy claimed a m.oiety of the manor of Trematon and of fifty-eight
knights' fees in Cornwall and Devon as coheir of Roger de Valletort; and
suit was renewed by his son, Henry, in 1315, and in 1338 Sir Henry
Pomeroy, Knight, released by a deed bearing date 15th February, the
honour and manor of Trematon to Edward the Black Prince, then Duke
of Cornwall, for an annuity of i40, payable to him and his heirs from the
Exchequer."
(From "History of Cornwall" by Rev. R. Pohwele, 1803.)
"Tremeton Castle occupies the summit of a high hill, at a small dis-
tance to the west of St. Stephens. The remains of this once formidable
structure are still very considerable, and when seen from the east have
an aspect of great boldness and grandeur. The view from the ramparts
commands a fine prospect of the Hamoaze dock, Mount Edgecumbe and
Maker Heights. A branch of the Lynnes creek flows near the foot of the
hilL
"It appears by Domesday that William, Earl of Moreton and Corn-
wall, had here his castle and market and resided here; but we are not
to suppose that this William or his father Robert were the builders of all
the castles which they possest. For when the Conqueror came in, Condorus,
the last Earl of Cornwall of British blood, descended from a long line of
ancestors, sometimes called kings, sometimes dukes, and earls of Cornwall.
was displaced and his lands as well as honors given to Robert, Earl of
Moreton; and where the residence of those ancient earls of Cornwall was,
there surely he settled his court, as at Lanceston, Tintagel and Tremeton.
"Under Robert, Earl of Cornwall, it appears by the Exeter Domes-
day, that Reginald de Valletorta held the Castle of Tremeton, but the
inheritance came to William, Earl of Cornwall, from whom it passed by at-
tainder to the Crown with his other lands and dignities ; when, as some think,
Cadoc, son of Condorus, was restored to the earldom of Cornwall, and lived
and died at the Castle of Tremeton, leaving one only daughter and heir,
Agnes, married to Reginald Fitz-Henry, natural son to Henry I. From him
this lordship of Tremeton came with one of his daughters (Ursula) to Walter
Dunstanville, baron of Castlecombe in Cornwall, whose issue male faihng,
it went with a daughter and heir (Hawise) to Reginald de Valletorta (temp.
Richard L), who had fifty-nine knights' fees belonging to the honour of
Tremeton.
"His son, John de Valletorta, had issue, Roger (by others called
Reginald), who having only two daughters, Eglina (Johanna) married
to Henry de Pomeroy of Berry Pomeroy in Devon, and of Tregoney in
Cornwall, and Jane, married to Sir Alexander Okeston, knight, settled this
lordship of Trematon on Sir Henry Pomeroy, Knight, his grandson by his
eldest daughter, Eglina; and this Sir Henry Pomeroy or a son of the same
name and title, as is more likely, by his deed bearing date the 11th of
Edward the Third, released to Edward the Black Prince (then created Duke
of Cornwall) his right and claim to the honour, castle and manor of
Tremeton. It then became as it was most anciently, a part of the Duchy
of Cornwall, and so it still continues. * * * *
"There was also a market, says Domesday, which the Earl had at hi?
Castle of Tremeton, and it was in existence originally, as the site of the
royal house was not altered at Tremeton, neither was the position of its
market changed. It was originally on the site of Saltash, a little distance
from the castle, outside of the park and upon the hill declining to the Tamar,
and took the name of Villa de Esse." (Also spelled Tremerton, Tremington,
Tamarton and Tumaton.)
(From "Other Famous Homes of Great Britain," G. P. Putnam's Sons.)
The town of Saltash, on the Tamar, one of the principal entrances to
Cornwall County, presents a poor appearance, the streets being narrow
and indifferently built. It is on the side of a steep hill, founded on a
solid rock, and the buildings are of the native stone. The inhabitants are
chiefly fishermen, or dock-men working at Plymouth.
Saltash was originally constituted a borough by the immediate ancestors
of Reginald de Valletort, who was lord of the manor of the honor of
Tumaton, within which the town is situated, in the reigns of King John
93 JUra^ott^u nnh ®rrmaton Qlaatba
and Henry III. The remains of the once formidable Castle of Tumaton,
which was erected before the Conquest, are on the summit of a lofty hill,
a mile to the west of Saltash, on the Lynher Creek, which falls into the
Tamar.
The Castle of Tumaton and its appendages were sold by the last heir
of the family of De Valletort to Richard, Earl of Cornwall, brother to Henry
HI., these estates being afterwards vested in the Crown, were by Edward
ni., made part of the Duchy of Cornwall, to which Saltash is still attached.
Trematon Castle occupies the summit of a high hill, to the west of
St. Stephens. The remains of this once formidable structure are still very
considerable, and when seen from the east, have an aspect of great bold-
ness and grandeur.
From some points the tufted scenery which surrounds it, and the
encircling ivy, which envelopes its battlements, give it an air of picturesque
beauty. The area enclosed by the outer walls, which are about six feet
thick, is nearly circular, and contains somewhat more than an acre of
ground. The walls are embattled and are in many parts still perfect, tho'
several massive fragments have fallen into the deep ditch which surrounds
the whole fortress, excepting at the gateway. This is in good preservation.
The entrance is under a square tower, supported by three strong arches,
between which are the grooves for the portcullisses. This leads into the
area.
At the northwest comer stands the keep, consisting of a conical mount,
considerably elevated, with a wall on its summit ten feet in thickness, and
rather more than three times as high. The space enclosed is of an oval
form, measuring about seventeen by twenty-four yards. This is now a
kitchen garden but was originally distributed into apartments, which must
have been wholly lighted from the top, as the wall of the keep does not con-
tain any windows. The entrance was by a round-arched doorway opening
towards the west. On the north was a sally-port, and probably some
buildings, the surface of the ground being in this part very uneven.
The view from the ramparts commands a fine prospect of the Hamoaze,
Dock, Mt. Edgcumb, and Maker Heights. A branch of the Lynher Creek
flows near the foot of the hill.
The castle was erected before the Conquest, and was the head of a
barony belonging to the ancient Dukes of Cornwall. The Conqueror
bestowed it upon his half-brother, Robert, Earl of Aloreton and Cornwall,
on the attainder of whose son William, his successor, it reverted to the
Crown, and was afterwards, according to some authors, restored to Cadoc,
a British Prince, who was reinstated in the earldom of Cornwall. His
daughter and heiress conveyed it by marriage to Reginald Fitz-Henry,
natural son of Henry I., and their daughter to Walter de Dunstanville,
whose male issue failing, it went by marriage to Reginald de Valletort,
and was afterwards, as mentioned in the account of Saltash, made part of
the Duchy of Cornwall.
litfitur^ of tl|? J^om^rog iFamtlg 100
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"St. Michael's Mount is an isolated granite crag in the parish of St.
Hilary, 195 feet high and five furlongs in circumference, standing in Mount's
Bay, east of Penzance. In 1080 the honours of Alverton, Penzance,
passed from the Earls of Cornwall to the Pomerays. It is said to have been
cut off from the main land by a mighty inundation in 1099, and now is
joined to the shore only by a low causeway, 560 yards long of land, which
is covered by the tide sixteen of the twenty-four hours :
"Who knows not Michael's Mount and chair, the Pilgrim's holy vaunt;
Both land and island twice a day, fort and port of haunt?"
"The earliest record of the Mount is that of Diodorus, the Sicilian
historian, 50 B. C, who mentions it under the name of "Iktis," as the place
where the Phoenicians came to buy tin, and describes it as an island ad-
joining Britain, where at low tide the intervening space is left dry, over
which the miners carry the tin in carts.
"The first historical document referring to Saint Michael's Mount
is a charter of King Edward the Confessor, about 1053 A. D., wherein
he gives the Abbey of St. Michael's Mount for the use of the brethren
serving God in that place. After the conquest of England. Robert Earl of
Mortain, half-brother of William the Conqueror, was made Earl of Corn-
wall, and he made a fresh grant of the Mount to the Norman Abbey by
a charter. For 700 years the Mount had retained its purely ecclesiastical
character, but in 1194 it began a military career under the following
circumstances :
"While Richard I. was crusading in Palestine, Sir Henry de la
Pomeray (fourth generation in England), a man of large possessions in the
Counties of Devon and Cornwall, espoused the cause of his brother John,
Earl of Cornwall. When King Richard returned and learned of the con-
spiracy of Pomeray, he sent a sergeant-at-arms to his Castle of Berry
Pomeroy, who there received kind entertainment for certain days together,
and at his move to depart was gratified with a liberal purse. In counter-
change thereof, he then and no sooner, revealed his long concealed errand
and flatly arrested his host, to make his immediate appearance before the
King, to answer a capital crime, which unexpected and ill-carried message
the gentleman took in such despite that with his dagger he stabbed the
messenger to the heart.
"Then, despairing of pardon in so superlative an offense, he abandoned
his castle and got himself to the Island of Mount Saint ^Michael, and seized
and fortified the Castle. Here he bequeathed a large portion of his land to
the religious people dwelling there ; and lastly that the remainder of his
estate might descend to his heirs, he caused himself to be let blood unto
death."— Worthies of England; by Thomas Fuller; title, "Memorable Per-
sons."
Concerning the episode of Saint Michael's Mount, another authority
says: "St. Michael's Mount was held by the Benedictine Monks until 1194,
when the country being in great confusion by the absence of King Richard
in Palestine, (born 1157; crowned 1189; imprisoned 1192-1194 by Leo-
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paldus. Duke of Austria; died 1199), Sir Henry de la Pomeroy, a Devon-
shire Baron, having been summoned to attend the King's court for some
conspiracy, killed the sergeant-at-arms and took refuge in the monastery;
but the monks being unable to screen him, he drove them all out, fortified
the rocks and sides, where he defended himself till the accession of John,
when making his peace with that monarch, he was forgiven and restored to
his paternal estates."
Another version of the incident is briefly stated in "Murray's Hand-
Book of Cornwall," page 194: "The military annals of the Mount (St.
Michael's) commence with King Richard's captivity, when Henry de la
Pomeroy gained possession of the place and reduced it to the service of
King John, who was aspiring to his brother's throne. Upon the return
of the King, however, the garrison surrendered, and according to tradi-
tion, Pomeroy caused himself to be bled to death, that his estates might
not be lost to his heirs should he be convicted of treason."
King Richard then put a garrison into "Pomeroy's Fort," as it was
called, and it continued to be regarded as a fortress and to be occupied
by a garrison for nearly 500 years. It was still, however, used as a mon-
astery as well as a fort In 1290, Edmund, Earl of Cornwall, recites and
confirms certain grants of land and money made to the Mount by Richard,
Earl of Cornwall and King of the Romans.
Since its first seizure, by Sir Henry de la Pomeray, the Fortress
of Mt. St. Michael has been at intervals connected with descendants or
kinsmen of that Baron. In 1470, after the battle of Bamet, John de Vere,*
Earl of Oxford, who had fought for Henry VI., fled to the Mount St.
Michael, and disguising themselves as pilgrims, he and his followers ob-
tained access to the Castle, when they overpowered the garrison and estab-
lished themselves in the stronghold. King Edward IV. ordered the Sherift'
of Cornwall, Sir John Arundel of Trerice, to turn them out, but he was
repulsed and killed. De Vere surrendered February 15, 1471, on condition
that he and his adherents should be pardoned and granted their liberty
and estates. However, the King imprisoned him in the Castle of Hammes
in Normandy, where he remained for many years, until he managed to
escape. He then accompanied the Earl of Richmond (Henry VII.) to
England, and was slain at the Battle of Bosworth in 1485.
"In 1539, the government and revenues of the Mount were given by
King Henry VIIL, to Sir Humphrey Arundel of Lanherne. In the re-
bellion of 1549, however, Arundel put himself at the head of the insurgents.?
He was defeated by Lord Russell in front of Exeter, and executed in the
Tower of London.
"The Mount passed in 1628 to Robert, Earl of Salisbury, for £3114.
His son and successor, William, sold it to Francis Bassettt of Tehidig in
1640, by whom it was fortified and garrisoned in 1642 for King Charles I.
•This Henry's son Henry married Alicia de Vere, an ancient kinswoman
of the Earl.
•fSir Thomas de Pomeroy, sixteenth generation, was involved in this
insurrection with Sir Humphrey Arundel, and his estates were confiscated.
XA kinsman of John Coker, whose daughter, Eleanor, married Richard
Pomeroy, fifteenth generation.
102
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"In 1657 the jMount was sold by the Basset family to John St- Aubyn*
of Clowan^e near Camborne, in Cornwall. This ends the military his-
torv of the M^unt St. Michael, which has not been garrisoned since the
reSoration S°nce that time it has remained in the St. Aubyn family for
e^ht fenerations On the main shore, facing the Mount, is a vf ge con-
Sninl about eighty inhabitants.' -"O^/z.r Famous Homes of Great Bntam,
by Hon. John St. Aubyn.
« * * The deer park existed long before the House and dates from
the reign of Henry VHL, when Sir Pierst Edgcumbe obtained a royal
'"'"'d'rdTou^^^^^ traces his descent and derives his second
title frS^ the Valletorts of Trematon Castle, who were lords of the manor
at"^ h'/tll^e of The Domesday Survey, and from -horn ^hedistnct around
Mount Edgcumbe still retains the general name of The Tithmg ot
Valter^home;^^ Edgaimbe, made Knight of the Bath by Henry VH., in
1489 bv his marriage with Joan Durnford, acquired this estate, and his son
Sir Richard kni-hted 1537, built Mount Edgcumbe House in the first
y"ar of Queen 1553."-' 'Famous Homes of Great BrUmn/' by
Lady Ernestine Edgcumbe.
(From the "Parish Church of St. Andrews, Shalford," England. By
Florence F. Law. The Vicarage, Shalford, 1898.)
"Alberic (Aubrey) de Vere came over with the Conqueror, and was
rewarded with fourteen lordships in Essex and thirteen in other counties
TlTe lordsWp of Hedingham belonged in the Confessor's time to a great
Saxon noble named UUunine, or Ulfwin but °/,™l^X', ^f ^ /iXj;
mandy conquering the country he gave the lordship o A bene or Aubrey
Severe one of his generals, as a reward for his ser^nces m the overthrow
ti Harold, and the ^establishing of the Norman power. This Alberic is
supposed to have taken his surname from Ver or Vere, a town in Zea and^
where his family had estates. His wife was Beatrix, a niece of William
I Alberic de Vere undoubtedly sprung from a long line of brave and
worthv persons, and was an important man m his time. , ^. ^ _
"The genealogy of the De Veres, quoted by Leland. reaches Verus, so
named from his true dealing, and baptized Marcellus A. D. 41, from
whose second son descended Miles de Vere, Duke ot Angiers and Metz
brother-in-law of Charlemagne. He married a daughter of Desidenus,
the deposed King of the Lombards, about 774 A. D.
^e was a descendant of the family of Sir John St. Aubyn, who married
Johanna ChudlelS! daughter of Sir James Chudleigh of Ashton. and Johanna
Pomeroy, twelfth generation. ^, i^a
tSir Thomas Pomeroy de Berry Pomeroy, sixteenth generation, married
his daughter Jane.
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"What can be said of but few others, his posterity flourished here after
the conquest for 630 vears in great riches, honor and power. He was
ancestor of twenty Earls of the surname and family, 'a circumstarice says
Morant, 'attending, as far as we can remember, no other British noble family
whatsoever.'
"Besides the great office of Lord High Chamberlain, and the Earldom
of Oxford, hereditary dignities in the family, some of the De Veres dis-
charged the offices of Portreeve of London, Chief Justice, Lord Chancellor,
Lord High Admiral, Lord High Steward, and Constable of England. The
family were noted for their piety, and for their immense nches. ihey
founded and endowed the priories of Earls Colne, Castle Hedmgham, and
Hatfield Broad Oak in this county, and others in Kent and Cambridgeshire.
"Alberic de Vere, the first of the name in England, took the habit
of a monk, and was buried at Earls Colne. His eldest son, Alberic, was in
favor of Henrv L, who made him Great Chamberlain of England and
Chief Justice. In 1140 he was sheriff for Essex and several other counties,
and was killed that vear in a rabble in London. Alberic de Vere, the third
of the name, was so considerable a person, that Queen Maud gave him the
office of Chamberlain, with additional Knights' fees and other honors.
She also granted him the tower and castle of Colchester, and gave him his
choice of earldoms of Oxfordshire, Berkshire, Wiltshire, or Dorsetshire
Henr>' U. confirmed all these grants to Alberic, and constituted him Earl
of Oxford. This Alberic, First Earl of Oxford, died in 1194. A fourth.
Alberic de Vere became second Earl of Oxford, and was succeeded m
1214 by Robert de Vere, Third Earl of Oxford, who was brother to the
second and therefore son of the first Earl. He was one of the twenty-five
Barons to enforce the Magna Charta. His daughter, Alicia de Vere,
married Henry de la Pomerai, who had livery of his lands in Devon and
Cornwall 6 Richard L, as son of Henry de Pomeroy and Matilda de Vitrie,
and whose son Henry was Governor of Exeter Castle, 12 to 16 John, and
High Sheriff of Devon, 6 Henry IH.
"Hugh de Vere. the Fourth Earl, son of Robert, founded a hospital
outside the castle gate. The chroniclers of the time say that while this
Earl was fighting in the crusades in the Holy Land, a star fell from
heaven on his shield, or on his lance's point, and a mullet or five-pointed
star was ever after emblazoned on the De Vere arms. Robert De Vere,
sumamed The Good, sixth Earl, and grandson of Hugh, succeeded his
father in 1295, and was himself succeeded in 1331 by John de Vere, seventh
Earl ; and, as showing the immense riches of this family, we give an abstract
of the inquest taken at his death. This lord had to the amount of fifty
knights' fees in Essex, eighteen in Suffolk, nineteen in Cambridgeshire, and
seven in Huntingdonshire. Each of these was then valued at 100 shillings,
and considering the difference between the value of money then and now,
we can judge of their great wealth. They had at one time seventy knights'
fees in Essex alone, besides their personal estate. Their ornaments por-
trayed on the tombs of Hedingham and Colne show their extraordinary
splendor. Thomas de Vere, son of John, the eighth Earl, died vested of
the estate of Castle Hedingham in 1370."
l^tHtorg of tl|? J^nut^rng Jamtlg 104
(The account continues on through each earl to 1702, when the title
expired with the twentieth earl.)
(Utimptan (BnatU
Conipton Castle, ^Marldon, so closely concerned with the history and
fall of Berry Pomeroy, was situate about three miles distant, and five miles
from Torquay. It was once a strongly ' fortified dwelling, but recently
occupied as a farm house. It has been the home of many illustrious per-
sonages, and within its walls have many a festal scene been witnessed.
William the Conqueror bestowed the manor on the Norman knight Judhael
de Totneis, and in the reign of Henry II., it belonged to Maurice de la Pole,
after having passed through the possession of the Tracy and Braose families,
and later that of Geoffrey de Camville, whose daughter Alicia married
Henry de Pomeroy, ninth in descent from Sir Ralph. Afterwards seven
successive generations of the Comptons occupied it. Subsequently it
passed into the hands of the Gilberts, whose family has earned renown
by the discovery and colonization of Newfoundland by Sir Humphrey
Pomeroy Gilbert, of whom Sir Walter Raleigh was a half-brother. Both
these distinguished individuals resided here at one time, and doubtless
walked and talked of their enterprises in the old garden in the rear. The
chapel, with the priest's room over, still remains in a fair state of preser-
vation. The whole fortress, as has been stated, was strongly fortified,
and there was a subterranean passage by which the garrison in time of need
could make their escape.
Concerning the colonization of Newfoundland, the following letter
was sent by Sir Walter Raleigh to his step-brother. Sir Humphrey Pomeroy
Gilbert, on the eve of his departure from Plymouth, England, his fleet of
five small vessels being assembled at Cawsand Bay, to colonize New-
Foundland, in 1538 :
"Brother: — I have sent you a token from Her Majesty, an anchor
guided by a lady, as you see. And further. Her Highness willed me to
send you word that she wisheth you a great good hap and safety to your
ships as if she was there in person, desiring you to have a care of yourself,
as of that which she tendereth; and, therefore, for her sake you must pro-
vide for it accordingly. Furthermore, she commandeth that you leave your
picture with her. For the rest I leave till our meeting, or to the report
of the bearer, who would needs be the messenger of this good news. So
I commit you to the will and protection of God, who sends us such life
and death as He shall please, or hath appointed.
"Richmond, this Friday morning.
"Your true brother,
"W. Raleigh."
The original of this letter was a few years since in the possession
of Mr. Pomeroy Gilbert, Fort-major of Dartmouth, a descendant of the
Admiral. At the present time the Annalist cannot resolve this combination
of names, although it is possible that it comes about by the marriage of
Agnes Pomeroy, daughter of Sir Henry Pomeroy and Alice Raleigh,
about 1496, to Humphrey Gilbert. Again there was an intermarriage be-
fore 1602 between Grace Pomeroy and John Gilbert, and on February 24,
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1679-80, Joan Pomeroy, daughter of Roger Pomeroy and Joan Wills, mar-
ried Humphrey Gilbert of Compton, which would account for the ancestry
of Major Pomeroy Gilbert. In this connection the illustration of Compton
Castle, the Devonshire home of the Guilberts, will prove interesting, espec-
ially as it was connected with the Castle of Berry Pomeroy by means of a
long and deep tunnel, which perhaps was one of the causes which led to
the capture of the Pomeroy stronghold.
iKnrnlUip OJastle
Nichols, Topographist and Genealogist, says: "Francis Drew, the
second of that name in the Irish line, and the son of John and Margaret
Drew, suflFered great losses during the war previous to the revolution. His
place at Kilwiny, county of Waterford, was laid waste by King James'
army and the house burnt. He served at the battle of Angheim and at the
sieges of Athone, Galway and Limerick in King William's army. He
was a devoted Protestant and his remains were interred under his own seat
in the church of the Castle in Ireland.
"His wife was Rebecca Pomeroy, a descendant of Henry de la Pomeroy
of Bery Pomeroy, who married a daughter of King Henry I., sister of
Reginald, Earl of Cornwall. Rebecca (Pomeroy) Drew outlived her husband
many years, and with wonderful resolution protected herself at MocoUop
Castle though surrounded by Irish enemies. She could use guns and pistols
as dexterously as anybody and always kept them loaded in her bedroom.
Her powder-horn was extant a few years ago. She told James, the second
Lord Chancellor, in his own court, that if she had him at Mocollop Castle
she would have him coursed like a rabbit. She was a daughter of Samuel
Pomeroy of Berie Pomeroy, in Devonshire, near Totnes." — (From Burke's
"Dictionary of Landed Gentry")
"The Irish branch (of the Drewe family) resident for so many genera-
tions at Mocollop Castle, county Waterford, descends through the heiress
of Pomeroy, from King Henry I."
Haddon Hall, the home of the Peverells, the Avenells, and finally
carried by daughters to Sir Richard de Vernon and Allen Basset, with a
moiety of the manor held by Matilda de Camville, (Warine or William
de Vernon being the father of Richard), is situated in the parish of Bake-
well, Derbyshire. This appears from the survey of Derbyshire contained
in the Domesday Book, after William had extended his sovereign author-
ity over the whole kingdom, and was one of the royal manors, held by King
Edward (^the Confessor). The manor of Bakewell was given by William
I., to his natural son, William Peverell, on whom he had previously be-
stowed very extensive domains, between 1081 and 1087. The individual
who, through the bounty of his father thus became one of the great barons
and chief landed proprietors of the country, living at a time when surnames
were becoming common among the Normans, adopted that of the family
into which after his birth his mother had married. His mother was Maud,
daughter of Ingelric, (founder of the Collegiate Church of St. Martins le
Grand, in the City of London). William Peverell also had the Castle of
J^tBtorg xjf tl|? Pom? roy 3Famtlg XPB
Nottingham, then newly built and situated most advantageously for defense
given him. His son, William Peverell, however, lost the Castle of Notting-
ham to the Empress Maud, daughter of King Henry I., and the manor
of Nether Haddon passed to the Avenell family, and eventually, says
Pilkington, "in the reign of Richard I., Haddon came into the possession of
Richard Vernon, who married Avicia, daughter and coheiress with her
sister Helizabeth, who married Basset (Allan or Simon). The family of
Vernon seems to have claimed descent from the sovereigns who presided
over the Eastern Empire. This at least must be inferred from the following
note, prefixed to a pedigree preserved in the British Museum: "Some
think the Vernons both of England and France, descended of the Emperors
of Constantinople, and of Justiniani of Venice." (Harl. MSS. No. 1233, f.
105, b.). The designation of Vernon is derived from the lordship and
castle of that name in Normandy.
Galterus de Vernon {per litteras de Redonis) held one Knight's fee
in the Bailiwick of Vernon under the Crown, and was therefore liable to
be called upon for military service, at his own cost, during forty days,
whenever the King of England, who was also Duke of Normandy, assembled
an army. Therefore, when William the Norman invaded England he was
attended by a Knight of the Vernon family as one of his own retainers.
We find on the tablet in the old church at Dives the names of Gautier,
Huard and Richard de Vernon as companions of William. The Vernons
thus acquired the manor of Shilbrooks or Shipbrook in Cheshire, which
became the principal seat of the family. Matilda, wife of Richard de Vernon,
was daughter and coheir of William de Camville. The boar's head, the
crest of the Vernon's is alluded to in the verse :
"A grisley boar; as raven's feathers black.
Bred in that land Rollo had by his wife,
Past th' ocean, the Bastard's part to take
Who Harrold reft of kingdom and of life;
His ofEspringe since, ranging the Peakish hills.
On craggy cliff a warlyke seat did finde;
Matcht with a Vernoyle, who welded their wills:
Pott»r0g ©oat-of-Arms attb Qlrefits
The sole value or interest of American coats-of-arms consists in the
remembrance or traditions of an honorable ancestry. Coats-of-arrns
were frequently used in New England during the Colonial period, and it
is more than probable that they were used in the rest of the original thirteen
colonies. These arms are worthy of preservation since they are valuable
evidence for the genealogist. At the date when they were used the English
rules were in force here. The time since the settlement of the country
was not so long as to forbid the acceptance of tradition as evidence, we may
believe that those who displayed armorial insignia had good grounds for
their adoption.
Among other conditions, the Committee on Heraldry of the New Eng-
land Historic Genealogical Society has advanced the opinion that "certain
of the inhabitants, prior to the Revolution, were entitled to bear coats-of-
arms who could prove descent in the male line from an ancestor to whom
arms were granted or confirmed by the Heralds."
mr Pom^rng Qlnat-of-Arma anb fflr^Hta
Ten or twelve plates of the arms of dififerent branches of the
Pomeroy family may be found in "Fairbaime's Book of Family Crests."
The coat armor of some of the ancient branches are described here:
Pqmeraie, (Berrie Pomerie), county Devon, temp. Henry I. or, a lion
ramp, guarded, gu. armed and languid, az. within a bordeur sa., indented sa.
Pomeroy, Chalfent (St. Giles, county Bucks), or a lion ramp. sa.
within ii bordeur, indented, guarded. Crest, a fir cone vert, charged with
a bez.
. Pomeroy (Berry Pomeroy, county Devon), or a lion ramp, guarded,
within a bordeur, partition sa.
Pomeroy (Devonshire and Worcestershire), or a lion ramp, gu., within
a bordeur, engr. sa.
Ponieroy (Ireland), or a lion ramp, guarded, holding in the dexter
paw an apple, within a bordeur, engr., sa. Crest, a lion ramp, gu., hold-
ing an apple as in the arms.
Pomeroy (Chequy), gu. and or on a chev., sa. three amul. or. Crest,
a lion head erased, charged with four bez., crowned with a ducal coronet:
ppr.
Pomeroy (St. Columb, counties Cornwall and Devon), or a lion ramp,
within a bordeur eng. gu., crescent for dif. Crest out of a ducal crescent,
or a lion's head guarded, gu.
Pomeroy (Weguy, county Cornwall), or a lion ramp., gu. within a
bordeur engr. sa. Crest, a lion segant, gu., holding in dexter paw an
apple, or.
Pomeroy, or a lion ramp., g. within a bordeur, engr. sa.
Pomeroy, (Iri), a lion ramp, gu., holding an apple.
Pomeroy, (Iri), a demi-lion, vert.
Pomeroy of Epping, a fir-cone erect ppr., charged with a fret or, be-
tween two fir-sprigs, also ppr,
Pomeroy, (Berry Pomeroy, county Devon, temp. Edward IV.), or, a
lion ramp, within a bordeur, engrailed, gu. Crest, a lion se., or, holding
in the dexter fore-paw an apple, vert.
Pomeroy, (County Devon), or a lion ramp., gu., in Dexter paw an apple
proper, leaved and stock, vert, within a bordeur engrailed, sa. Crest, his
lion as before, on a wreath of his colors, or and gu.
Pomeroy, (Viscount Harberton, Ireland), or a lion ramp, guarded,
holding in the dexter paw an apple ppr. within a border sa. Crest, a lion
ramp, guarded, holding an apple in the arms, sup. by two wolves, the
dexter ppr., sinister sa., both guarded and chained, or.
It is perhaps as the Westminster Review (Vol. 60, p. 45,) asserts:
"The glory of ancestors casts a light indeed upon their posterity, but it
only seems to show what the descendants are. It alike exhibits to full view
any degeneracy and any worth. It is therefore a most desirable custom to
preserve a line of ancestry, tracing perhaps, back to the old feudal times;
for if any one feels a pride in the reflection that he is descended from
ancient worthies, it may prove some incentive to him to maintain the credit
of the name, and to achieve a reputation deserving of it."
l^iBturg of tljf Pom^rcg Jmntlg 108
Paignton, England, Aug. 25, 1911.
It is improper to add to Achievement the arms of collateral ancestors
except those of the maternal families of the women who married Pomeroys.
The proposition is long enough with all those wives' arms. Heraldic usage
does not permit a man to show arms of any collateral ancestor if he has arms
of his own. Only arms of his direct paternal and direct maternal ancestors
in each generation of his own surname pedigree.
Your letter says: "Visit the College of Arms and get date and
authoritv when arms were granted to Sir Edward Pomeroy, Sheriff of
Devon 10 Henry VI. (1432)," In reply to this I must say: This date
is fifty years before the founding of the College of Arms. It is also eighty
years before the first heraldic visitation. Also, the Pomeroy arms are
certainly much older than 1432, hence not granted by that institution to
the said Sir Edward Pomeroy, but given by King or previously assumed
by right of military honors (perhaps temp, of one of the crusades) at
least 200 years earlier than 1432. The said Sir Edward probably had
some official record made as confirming to himself the arms he inherited;
but the College of Arms has no record thereof now. In fact the College of
Arms has sold the most of its old manuscripts to the British Museum and
to other institutions. No question can arise as to the Pomeroys having
had their well-known coat-of-arms long before the Sir Edward Pomeroy of
1432. The only thing left for any American Society to consider is your evi-
dence of the descent of the American Pomeroys from any one of the Pomeroys
of Devon who bore the arms ; and practically all of the Pomeroys of the
14th, 15th, 16th and 17th centuries undoubtedly had a right to use the arms
because of the far greater antiquity of the arms. That is to say, the arms
go back so far as to get behind practically all of the several known branches
of the family. I doubt that any family in England bore arms before the
Pomeroy; did.
The photograph I enlarged and corrected from the manuscript in the
British Museum at your order constitutes all the proof that can be reason-
ably demanded by any society as to the Pomeroy arms ; and I doubt not
that you will assure any society that Eltweed Pomeroy descended from
Sir Edward.
Vivian's Visitation of Devon also guarantees sufficiently the authen-
ticity of the bearing of the Pomeroys; and there are many books that refer
to these arms ; which really places the ^natter of arms entirely above question.
There is no ancient motto to the Pomeroy arms.
(Signed), C. A. Hoppin.
With reference to the question: "How is a right to bear arms
acquired in England?" a writer in Notes and Queries; London; Fifth
Series ; XI, 271, says : "The author of the Notitia Anglicana, after referring
to the special prohibition of Henry V. to take or assume arms without
license from him, or the proper officers appointed to grant the same, unless
they had a right from their ancestors," thus proceeds: "Here a right
from ancestors is allowed, without questioning the means by which they
gained them. That is, should a person, upon any challenge of his right,
make it appear that those arms challenged had been quietly enjoyed and used
upon proper occasion by his ancestors, from time out of mind (though
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no regular entrance of the same appear), which time is generally com-
puted at four score or an hundred years, hence their uninterrupted using
the same shall be adjudged a right equal to any regular concession or
grant. In accordance with this should there not be less hesitation in accept-
ing with complacency, the prescriptive use of arms in this country?" — From
Family Memorials; by Prof. E. E. Salisbury.
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Perhaps the most appropriate way of presenting the Achievement of
the ancestors of Eltweed Pomeroy in England will be through the note of
Prof. C. A. Hoppin, the artist, which accompanied the painting from
London. Mr. Hoppin writes:
"Dear Col. Pomeroy: —
"You have favored me with instructions to mar-
shal the heraldic achievement of the direct ancestors of
Eltweed Pomeroy, the founder of the Pomeroy family
of America. Following the pedigree which you have
supplied me for this purpose, I find that nearly all of
the ladies to whom the direct Pomeroy ancestors of
tlie said emigrant were married, were of heraldic fam-
ilies. I have verified the coats-of-arms of all of these
martial alliances by the best heraldic authorities, which
all agree, substantially, upon the following descriptions
of the shields: I have arranged these arms in chron-
ological order, from left to right, beginning at the top
of the shield."
Or, a lion rampant, gules within a bordure engrailed
sable. Crest, a lion sejant, or, holding in the dexter
paw an apple, vert.*
Or, two ravens in pale, proper, in the chief a label of
three points azure.
Quarterly gules and or. in the first quarter a mullet,
argent.
Bendy of six, argent and gules ; a bordure sable, bezanty.
Or, a fesse, azure.
DE CAMVILLE: Vert, three lions passant, argent, armed and langued,
gules.
DE MOLIS Argent, two bars gules; in the chief three torteaux.
(Mules) :
SEVILLE: Argent, a bull passant gules, arfned and tripped or.
RALEIGH : Gules, a bend lozengy argent.
POMEROY;
CORBETT:
DE VERE
VALLETORT:
DE VERNON:
♦There is no ancient motto to the Pomeroy Arms. — Prof. C. A. Hoppin, Lon-
don, England.
A limited number of copies of Pomeroy Arms and the Achievement,
printed in colors on heavy coated stock, 10 x 12, for framing, can be obtained,
12.00 each, by addressing the Secretary, A. A. Pomeroy, Sandusky, Ohio. These
prints are as handsome and more perfect than paintings for which you would
be charged $25.00 and 150.00, respectively.
Iftfitnrg of tl\t Pnm^rng 3f^amtlQ 110
KELLOWAY: Argent, five grosing irons in saltier sable, between
four Kelway pears proper, within a bordure engrailed of
the second.
COKER : Argent, on a bend gules, three leopards' faces, or.
HUCKMORE: Per chevron sable and or; in the chief two pairs of
reaping hooks, endorsed and entwined, blades azure,
handles or, in base a moor cock sable combed and wat-
tled gules.
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Az — Blue.
Bordeur — Mark of difference to distinguish one branch of a family from
another.
Bez or Bezant — Flat pieces of gold without impress.
Chequy — Divided.
Charged — Bearing Device.
Dexter — Right.
Engr — Line of Partition.
Erased — Severed from the body.
Gu or Gules — Parallel lines on shield; red.
Guarded — Both eyes and ears in view.
I Indented — Reversed — Changed in order.
Or — Gold. i
Ppr — 'Party per — Divided into two equal parts.
Rampant — Standing upright — Attacking.
Dangued — One ear in view.
6a — Black. '
Sal. or Sally — Posture of springing.
Segant — Sitting.
Sinister — ^Lef t.
Vert — Green; parallel lines sloping to the right downward.
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"The world is too much with us late and soon,
Let us linger with our ancestors.
Who in ancient days were men of high renown."
^^ff^UlLE traditions are venerated legends or sagas, the most
positive sources of family evidence are registers contem-
poraneous with the events which they commemorate, such
as records written by a father in relation to his children,
or by a constituted' clerk of church or state. England
has the best system in the world for acquiring vital sta-
tistics, and the best facilities for preserving them. It was
such evidence that your Annalist found while on his recent
•visit to England for the purpose of investigating the parish records of
Counties Devon, Dorset, Somerset and Cornwall.
It is many years since the Gentleman's ^Magazine published an article
on genealogy which, among other self-evident facts, said: "Every one
really comes' of as old a family as every one else. Every living eldest
son is the heir male of either the senior or a junior branch, not only of
the family who first bore his name, but of progenitors hidden still deeper
in the mists of antiquity. We so frequently hear of old families dymg
out altogether or ending in feminine lines under other names, that we come
to think such a fate is the eventual end of all families ; but this is far from
being the case. Every man living could, if he only knew where to find
the dates, align himself, from father to son and from son to father, from
father to grandfather, from generation to generation, until he came to
Adam himself."
It has been said that nature makes no mistakes, but as concerns the
genealogies of families there is a difference. The Grand Master of the
Third Veil, the keeper of the records, says: "You must be more careful
in tracing your genealogy. Who are you?" There is great difference
between careful families and families of all other kinds. The thought-
ful members of a careful family can tell who their forefathers were. Where
they lived, whom they married; while those who belong to no family
in particular are classed in a body as men who don't know their own
grandfathers. From a genealogical viewpoint, the stability or goodness
of a family depends much more on the number of its known generations
than on any other condition. Given two families in which the numbers of
recorded generations are equal, doubtless the families whose members have
been the more illustrious would be reckoned the better of the two : but a
family of only two or three generations, however illustrious some of their
members might have been, would certainly not constitute what is known
as a good family, but would be resolved into individual merit only. As
in the case of many popular ideas, there is some little substratum of reason
in this assertion.
If to be educated and cultivated is an object of ambition, and if there
is anything in the doctrine of heredity, it may be supposed that the mem-
bers of a family which has been of importance enough to leave their names
scattered along the banks of the River of Time have had a brighter chance of
being polished and of handing down their good qualities to their posterity than
those whose names were swept away by the annual freshet to which that
river is subjected, without leaving any foliage.
It is not much to be wondered at that there is such a mistiness in
America relative to the ancestors of any particular person. There is not
now and never has been any authorized national receptacle for the .preserva-
tion of such vital statistics, the chief reliance is therefore necessarily placed
in church and town registers, which are at all times subject to the depre-
dations of fires, flood and removal. Indeed, under such inadequate con-
ditions, it is remarkable that those records which one can consult in
various libraries, have been preserved. It is not considered incumibent
upon a member of a family to be able to tell off hand the Christian name of
his great-grandmothers though they stand at the threshold of a pedigree,
unless recorded in the family Bible or otherwise committed to writing.
People of the present day are anxious that they themselves shall not so
soon be forgotten, but when opportunity like the present one offers, many
of them take no measures to preserve the memory of their forefathers
and mothers. Such feeling and action, however, is the root of high am-
bition, the difference being only in the degree, between writing one's
name on a page of the history of one's country and carving one's initials
on the smooth bark of a beech tree by the brook side, or scratching them
on the walls of some famous old-world castle. While some of us do not
mind being lost for a week (more or less) at a time, yet we can feel
hearty sympathy with Rip Van Winkle when he returns from his mountain
sleep and is unknown in his own village.
There is no hesitation in saying that the experience of the compiler
of a family genealogy teaches that sons are not so desirous of perpetuating
their father's memory, or of handing down to future ages their grand-
father's name, and take no steps to that end. The consequence is that
comparatively few families know whence they come or anjthing definite
about their antecedents. ^lany today decline to apply themselves to the
important duty of preserving such records for their posterity. Of the
miportance of keeping a record of the several members of a family, it
is needless to speak. In genealogy there are three prime events : the Birth,
the Marriage, the Death. Surely each head of family must consider it
not the least of his duties to keep a register of these events, and be willing
to impart them at the proper time to the recognized historian of the family
of which he is a member. No one should consider that he is in too humble
a station to make his individual records of importance to his children
or to the one engaged in the genealogical study. As good fortune is the
companion of virtue, its wheel has many surprising turns, and often
carries those round with it who least expect to be raised from their
station beneath it. To the members of a family who have attained to
eminence, the permanent record of the three events mentioned is of equal
importance, for many wholesome facts concerning their families might con-
115 Smpurfanr^ of JJrfarntmg Jamtlg &rnrba
\nnce them that they are descended from even greater men than they them-
selves, or wealthier men, as wealth is comparative, and does not overpower
us to such extent as does elevation of character. Should he who is wealthy
not feel the need of any family associations at the time and say : "1 can not
do myself or the family to which I belong justice by showing any interest
in the family genealogy," those who come after him will be the losers,
while they might be benefited by interesting home facts which can be
learned in no other manner than through the family book of genealogy.
In fact, the logic is that the higher the state of culture becomes, the more
care will be demanded in matters which so closely concern the family and
the race ; the closer will the community inquire what the family is and
whence it springs ; and in an increased degree will it be true that "the glory
of children is in their fathers and mothers."
It was said by the editor of the Journal of American History, at the head
of an article prepared by the Historian, that "Each generation is but
the cumulative results of all that have gone before it, and to which it makes
its own contributions. Among the greatest revelations of the age in which
we are now living is the unfolding knowledge of the new laws of eugenics,
in which man is acknowledging that through his veins beat the generations
of other men whose blood has been infused into him through heredity.
This new science, the written. record of which has been known as genealogy,
has long been in its social state, but is now beginning to command the
consideration of sociologists and political economists, who find in it an
impulse of moral and intellectual character as well as the more general
physical type of heredity." In support of the laws of eugenics the student
will find the great chart of collateral lines to the Pomeroy race, presented
on another page of this history, of peculiar interest and value, concerning
the good genos dominant in the Pomeroy family today.
As this history of the Pomeroy family and of collateral lines is in-
tended for private circulation only among members of the several families,
it is not inappropriate to say that the eugeny, or nobleness of birth, of
the family is well established through eighteen generations in Normandy
and England, and twelve generations in America, and that the heredity
infused by each allied family has been producing remarkable mental and
physical types of manhood and womanhood. A brief study of the index
giving Pomeroy marriages will show that nearly all of the first colonists
in America are involved in this composite history; and that the groups
of Pomeroy mothers, with their children and grandchildren, will neces-
sarily constitute the work an invaluable source of reference for sociolo-
gists who are following the laws of eugenics. The political economist
will also find in the ancestral chart suspended between the Norman and
English progenitors with the allied families and our first great ancestor
in America a prolific field for earnest investigation. This chart, which is
as strongly fortified by dates and authorities as diligent study can make it,
will give to the American descendant of Eltweed Pomeroy a cosmopolitan
heredity. Prof. Elisha S. Loomis, Ph.D., author of the great Loomis
Genealogy, has collaborated with your Annalist in producing the chart
referred to, and as we have discovered errors in many of the so-called
tables of royal lines, our chart will differ from those to that extent.
JHisHtnn in #0arrt| of iSrrnrliH aitb "Brnfiration
Arriving in London, England, the first object of the American
genealogical novice whose mission is to engage in research for ancestors,
and verification of records already in his possession, is to apply to the
United States Ambassador for an introduction to the keepers of the records
as a student. As your historian had a letter of introduction from George
Eltweed Pomeroy, Esq., to his Excellency Hon. Whitelaw Reid, United
States Ambassador, there was no trouble in securing privileges and atten-
tion at the British Museum as reader, and student in the manuscript
department. It is well-known that the British Museum is rich in the
possession of the most ancient records of English Histor>-. and it was here
that the larger part of the material relating to the Pomeroy ancestors
was discovered and verified. The photographs of ancient documents which
appear in this volume were taken directly from manuscripts found here;
also one of the pedigrees. Many of these ancient papers were written in
old law Latin, a literal translation of which will be carried along with
the original.
Admittance as a student to Somerset House was a diflferent proposi-
tion, but this was also secured through the influence of Prof. C. A. Hoppin,
who is an expert reader of old English records, and after application
through the narrow channel, your historian received the paper which is
presented here in order that others of the Pomeroy race may learn how
to approach this great storehouse of probate and administration records :
"Sir:—
"I am directed by the Senior Registrar to inform you that you have
the permission of the President to search in Somerset House, and in
the District Probate Registries at Blandford, Exeter, Taunton, and Wells,
the Calendars 100 years prior to the search being made, to read the reg-
istered copies of Wills proved and the Probate and Administration Books
to the same date, and to make extracts from such wills and books, provided
the District Registrar can find the requisite accommodation and provide for
the necessary attendance upon you without impediment to the business
of the Registry. You should communicate with the District Registrar
before availing yourself of this permission. I am,
"Your obedient servant," (Signed).
Armed with this effective permission, the first objective point was
Salisbury, where the original records of County Dorset were found and
photographs made which appear in this volume of the christening of
"Eltwitt ye sonne of Richard Pomeroye ye fouerth of Julie 1585 Anno
Dni." As this is the first record in the keeping of Canterbury of that
county, the Pomeroy family in America should consider that it is fortunate.
All previous records have disappeared. Among those which have been
lost is that containing the marriage of Richard Pomeroy, which accounts
for the failure of your historian to secure the name of EHweed's mother,
and that mother stands at the head of the Pedigree of the American
Pomeroys — unknown. The numbers of the rolls thus lost are given in
another page.
The next discovery of importance was that giving the marriage of
117 Pl|ot0gntp!ttr ^m'hmti' from 0altsburg
"Eltwide Pumery et Johana Keech, May 4 1616," although the artist in
folding the sheets inadvertently placed the marriage under the date "1617."
The next record of interest is that of the bapt. of "Dinah filia Eltwidi
Pumery August 6, 1617." The record is also here of the birth of Elizabeth
Pomery, 1619. d. 1621, but the roll was not in condition to produce a good
photograph, although one was secured of the funeral of "Johana uxor
Eltwiti Pomerv. Novbr 27, 1620." These records are all contained
in the transcripts of the Bishop of Canterbury, Richus Hooper being the
Curate of the Parish of Beaminster at that time.
The inhabitants of Beaminster, even to this day seem to be a migra-
tor}' class. The population now is only half what it was seventy years ago.
The village stands about six miles from the line of the London & South-
western Railroad, and it really does not appear as if it ever had enterprise
sufficient for an endurance of 346 years, that is since 1585, the date of
Eltweed Pomeroy's baptism. Windsor, or Broadwindsor, forms the best
part of the hamlet. We were met by the Rev. A. A. Leonard, Vicar,
and passed the day in examining the church and church records. The
records had been destroyed, but the Vicar had made a transcript of the
transcript of the Bishop at Salisbury. This transcript at Beaminster had
been printed and was therefore well preserved.
Near Beaminster, on the opposite side of Otter river, is the village
of Honiton, notable as the home of the beautiful and exquisite Honiton
lace fabric so much in demand among the ladies of royal and noble
houses. The lace industry is still carried on, and the wives and daughters,
descendants of the old territorial lords, matrons and maids whose honors
and lands have been acquired by others, and they lost in the multitude,
do not disdain to engage in the dainty industry of lace-making. The manor
of Honiton was for a long period the property of the Earls of Devon.
Isabella de Redvers, Countess of Devon, sold Honiton to King Edward
L, and some years later it passed to the Courtenay family. Humphrey
Courtenay, sixth son of Sir Philip Courtney, married Elizabeth Pomeroy
of the fourteenth generation and thus the Pomeroy family acquired an
interest in this ancient parish. There are to this day some families of
Pomeroys dwelling there, and the administration and probate records of
England contain many wills and letters of administration of the forbears
of those families. Ottery and Up-Ottery, lying close to this region, are
also nearly associated with the Pomeroy name and history. It was here
that Sir Ralph received from William the Conqueror two manors, in
addition to those he acquired in Devon and Somerset. Ottery was famed
for its serges and woolen goods before machine-made cloths ruined the
village industry.
Just across the Valley of the River Exe, in the neighborhood of Tiv-
erton, near Hele station, is the old market town of Bradninch, the chief
manor of William Capra, brother of Sir Ralph de Pomeraie. The town
place still retains some of the grandeur of olden times. The manor house
has some oak rooms richly carved, of the Elizabethian period.
A sojourn of two days enabled the Annalist to learn some of the
interesting legend and history of Crewkeme, the town which contains the
record of the marriage of Eltweed Pomeroy to Marjery (Mary) Rockett,
the mother of the long Hne of descendants presented in this family genealog>'.
"The Book of the Axe" is the source of many of the items quoted here.
Crewkerne was by far the most valuable of the comital manors of Somerset,
and yet it had been held by Eddeva, a lady whose identity is not disclosed.
In summing up the compiler's claims the manor of Crewkerne had been
held by King Harold, and he had given it to Eddeva (Edith the Fair),
who was in no sense a daughter of Godwin, but perhaps the sweetheart
of Harold, as it was to her that his body was delivered (by Robert Mallett*)
after he had been slain on the stricken field of Hastings. Robert Mallett
appeals to the Pomeroy interest through the Coker pedigree presented
on another page.
It is probable that there was a settlement where Crewkerne now stands
in the time of the British forefathers, and throughout the time of the Roman
occupation. Both British and Roman weapons and ornaments have been
found in the neighborhood, but the first mention of the place occurs in
King Alfred's will, when the land of Croeurn with that, of many other
towns were bequeathed by that great King to his younger son Ethelward.
Under the name of Cruche it is referred to in Domesday Book as a royal
possession. Subsequently the manor passed to the Courtenay family. No
doubt Crewkerne had its share of stirring episodes in the times of the
Plantagenets and Tudors.
The County of Somerset is famous for its churches, and that of
Crewkerne in which Eltweed Pomeroy and Mary Rockett were married
as presented in the engraving, is certainly one of the most attractive, and
its present Curate, the Rev. Henry Durbin Lewis, a congenial and accom-
modating Vicar. The church was probably constructed during the reign
of Henry VII., 1485-1509. Like most of the more imposing churches of
the county, it belongs to the last of the great schools of architecture, the
"perpendicular," though there are distinct traces in the naves and windows
of the earher "decorated" style. The tracery of the windows is very rich,
and there is some very good modern stained glass, although there are some
fragments of the ancient glass remaining in one of the north windows.
There are several buttressed niches in which historic figures are resting.
The tower, which rises to the height of eighty feet, is equipped with eight
bells. It bears the name made infamous in France, "St. Bartholmew."
To the descendants of the Company which landed on the site of
Dorchester from the ship Mary and John, Capt. Squebb, Rev. Coker's
"Particular Survey of the Countie Dorset," is of special interest as one finds
descriptions pertaining to many of the villages and cities after which so
many of the Massachusetts early settlements were named.
"Two miles north-east of Pillesdon is Windsor, which King Henry the
Second gave unto Gervais, named from the place, de Windsor, who held
it by Grand Siriante, as our lawyers terme it. From this Gervais flourished
Knights of Great Repute, who lived there and were Lords of the Hundred
(for so then was it) of Broad Windsor, though now united to Beamister."
•"Robert Mallet was certainly at the battle of Hastings, for we find by
history that it was to him that William the Conqueror entrusted the body of
Harold. He was High Chamberlain of England, and as appears by Domesday,
possessed a most extensive property in different counties." — Polwhele.
"Scarce two miles eastward the River Bert, or Birt, falleth into the
Sea, which running downe from Axknoll by mee remembred already,
Cometh first to Beamister, a pretty Market Towne, that gives name to the
Hundred wherein it stands, which, sithence the Incorporation of Bertport,
hath been chosen by the Justices of Peace to keep their Quarter Sessions in.
"Beamister with the Hamlets, in King William the Firsts Time, be-
longed to the Church of Sarum ; but in these Times the Horskins, Gentlemen
that dwell not far re from the towne, have enjoyed the Fee Farme of it for
some Descents."
"Somewhat East of Beamister stands Maperton, (Mapowder) where
the Morgans, :Men of verie antient Gentrie in Devonshire, have longe lived,
nnto whom it came, in Henry the Firsts Time, by Mande, Daughter and
Heire of John Brett of that Place, whose Ancestours had for many Descents
enjoyed it." Not far from Beamister, the River Bert passeth under Parn-
ham, finely seated within a Parke.
"Upon the east side of Bertport, and not much below it, joins with
Bert two Brookes in one Streame, upon the verie meeting of which standes
Bradpole, in King Johns Time the Seat of John de Morevile (of great
note) descended, as it should seem by his Armes, from the_ Barons de
Morevile, famous at those times in Cum.berland, who held it, with the
Hundreds of Beamister and Redhove appertaineing to it, by Sergeantie."
"Coker's Dorset" assumes that the County Dorset took its name from
the ancient inhabitants, whom the Britains called Dwr Gwyr, and the
"Latine Translatours of Ptolomie Durotrigues; which name is very aptlie
derived from the Scituation of the Place, for that Dwr or Dour, in the
British Tongue, betokens Water, and Trig, to inhabite or dwell ; what then
is Durotridges more than the inhabiteing or bordering on the Sea Coasts;
But when the Saxons became Lords of these Partes, they altered the Name
into Dorsettan, but not the Signification of it ; for Settan being an Addition
of their Own Language, imports as much as to be seated, inhabited or
dwelt upon, aU one with the former; and from this later Name Dorsettan,
this Countie took the Name of Dorsettanshire, which is now contracted
into Dorsetshire.
"Vaine therefore in my Conceit are their Opinions, who beleeve that
it took Name from Dorchester, the now Principall Towne; as that did
from one King Dorn, or Dor, whom they in their Fantasies have made to
bee the first Founder of it : but Historians never mentioned any such Man ;
and if he bee yet borne, which I much doubt, and not without just cause,
his Fortune was very ill, that, haveing been the Builder of a Towne, soe
ancient and soe well knowen both to the Romans and Saxons, himselfe
should bee wholely buried in Oblivion."
"Dorchester is a Towne of great Antiquitie, which Antonin in his
Itinerarium calleth Durnovaria. Well known it was in the Romans Time,
who are thought to have had a Summer Station or Campion, that Fort
wee call Mayden Castell, and on whose Causewaye, called the Fossway,
this Towne standeth, which thence runneth directlie South to Weymouth:
Moreover the great Quantitie of Romans Coines dayelie founde there, both
of Golde, Silver and Brasse, seeme (if there wanted other proof e) to
affirm soe much. The Saxons, who succeeded the Romans, called it Dor-
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nifieth water, and Chester, a Citie ; for soe certainly it was, and of large
Circuit as the Walles (whose mines in some places yet appeare) will
testifier But the Danes long since threwe them to the grounde, who, under
their Leader Sweno, harried all these Partes ; and for memorie of their Siege,
Maundbury and Poundbury, two trenched Fortes adjoineing to the Towne,
remaine till this Daye.
"Adjoineing to the East End of Dorchester is Fordington, a large
Manour of the Princes, as is this Dutchie of Cornwall. As the River
Frome passeth on by Dorchester and Fordington, it giveth Name to some
little Parishes seated upon it, amongst which are Frome Whitefield, a Moiety
whereof, from the Daughter and Coheire of Sir William de Whitfield
(Whidfield), descended (by Boys, Brett, Bassett, Muskett and Veale)
hereditarilie to John Coker, Ancestour to the nowe Owner of it, (and father
of Eleanor Coker, who married Richard Pomeroy), " (Arms,
on a Chevron G. between three bunting horns S. 3 Croslets fitche A.)
"Sornewhat below Wotton on the Brooke stands Hollwell, a part of
Somerset, yet wholly environed with Dorset, where stood the principall
Lodge of the Forrest of Blackmore, which William le Brett and his suc-
cessours helde by Service to bee the King's Forrester of Blackmore But
the issue of them failed in Ralph, whose onlie sister Joan was married to
Robert Bassett (see Coker pedigree) and the office is long sithence lost by
disaforesting the Forrest. But the manor of Hollwell. Reginald, Earl of
Cornwall, natural sonne to King Henry the First, gave unto William de
Brickley and his posteritie after unto the Abbie of Abbotsbury upon the
suppression of which it was purchased by Sir Giles Strangwayes, who
passed it awaye to Humphrey Watkins, grandfather of Mary la Hastings,
late wife of James Hannam."
In the ancient an4- walled city of Exeter are stored many records of
the County Devon, which occupied four days with negative results as
far as material of importance to the American Pomeroys is concerned.
There was evidence that in earlier days Pomeroy men were of official and
honorable rank in this fine old city, pleasantly seated upon a hill among
hills, dominating the country round about. It has five gates and many
turrets, and Rougemont Castle for protection. In the time of King John,
12-16, Sir Henry de Pomeroy was governor of Castle Rougemont. In the
time of King Edward VI., 1549-1550, Sir Thomas Pomeroy led an army
of 20,000 insurrectionists against the city.
Samuel Izacke, Esq., in his "Memory of Exeter," writes: "From the
Tenth day of June (being the Monday in Whitson-week) to the Sixth Day
of August then next following, by the insurrection of the Commons of
Cornwall and Devon, this City was strictly besieged for five and thirty
Days space without any intermission ; and albeit the Citizens were miserably
pinched with Famine, and for the last twelve days lived on Horse-bread,
and Horse-flesh, yet still retained their Loyalty to their Sovereign Lord the
King. And at last through much difficulty were relieved by the courage
and valour of George Lord Russel, whom the King sent down as General
of an army for their deliverance, by whom the enemy was vanquished, and
on the Sixth day of August, in the Second year of theReign of King Edward
iiiifs Mnrtuar^ (Lifa^sti
My dear Gardener:
... ^^ men and women indi%-idually and collectively realize the shortness of this
life, IS it not natural for us to reach back to our ancestors and forward with solici-
tude to the w^elfare of our progeny?
Away back and deep down in my memorv or in mv fancies. I see in a misty
fashion a church, such as I wish I could more clearly "recall, embellished in sun-
lig-ht and abounding- with the most beautiful music that spread to the outside
through the open doors by which the people were passing in and out in a way to
singularly associate the dead, living and unborn in harmony with eternity and
unending ages.
The great beauty of this recollection I may not make tangible to vou for the
church was a gem and correspondingly located. It seems to me as if "The Church"
had been in some old Eastern or Oriental country where the customs were more
rigid than those we are accustomed to. and where "the teaching and exercise of true
morals was the one great requirement to maintain the people or sect from cor-
ruption among themselves or from invasion bv adjoining countries or sects
My impression is that there was a peculiar absence of service as we would
speak It or think. The service comes to me dimly as if the entrance into The Church
was a service of mingling with the traditions, philosophv. morals and religion as
partially described by the decorations, so arranged that the greater virtues were
emblazoned amid the historical and victorious events.
Traditionally, the race was venerable and substantial as the rocks. "What to
us are Holidays seem to them Historical days and such service as they had was
intended and observed by them as days of instruction and commemoration cal-
culated_ to more deeply impress upon the people their heritage, and their duty in
transmitting the same with increased glory and stability to the following genera-
tions.
This fanciful description, of what to me is a delightful composite comnre-
hension of an old civilization, with lasting stability bv virtue of its portraying a
people whose traditions reached back to The Old Testament times, when God's
manifestations were startling and lasting, prompts me to ask if it cannot be in-
troduced as a counter-thought to The Mortuary Chanel vou have regretfully men-
tioned several times and make this Fancy into a Memorial Chapel, located beside
the road-way of time, as a tender of respect for the many who have lived and for
the many to follow.
As we are dealing in fancies, let us have a Beacon Light shining back to 1630
and just as far ahead, and a symbol on the door as a reminder of Immortalitv and
Resurrection. '
Yours truly,
S. HARRIS POME ROY.
121 &urtJ?g of S^nnn mh fflnnttnall
the Sixth. Onnoque Domini 1549. the Gates of the City were again opened.
In remembrance whereof an Anniversary with much joy and solemnity is
here kept, and thankfully observed on every fifth of x\ugust."
"St. Mary's Clist. four miles from Exeter, was one of the chief scenes
of the rebellion in 1549 when the insurgents laid siege to Exeter. In August
they were attacked by the King's army ifTtder Ltrrd Rcssell. By a Strata-
gem Sir Thomas Pomeroy one of the chief Captains of the insurgents,
obtained a temporary victory, and the wagons, with the ammunition, treasure,
etc., belonging to the King's army were captured by Sir Thomas Pomeroy.
But Lord Russell rallied his troops, returned to the attack and defeated the
enemy with great slaughter."
In the Catalogue of Sheriffs of Devon, we find: Nicholas la Pomeray,
bears or a lion rampant gules within a bordure engrailed sable, temp.
King Edward III., (1377).
Thomas Pomeroy, same arms, 2 Henry IV., (1401).
Richard Pomeroy, same arms, 13 Henry IV., (1412).
Thomas Pomeroy, same arms, 2 Henry V., (1415).
Edward Pomeroy, same arms, 10 Henry VI., (1432).
Richard Pomeroy, same arms, 13 Edward IV., (1474).
Sir Richard Pomeroy, Kt., same arms, 8 Henry VII., (1492).
27 Queen Elizabeth we find Sir Edward Seymour, Bart., of BERRY
CASTLE, (the name Pomeroy being omitted), bears gules two angels
wings paleways inverted or.
Tradition says that Totnes was a place of note before the Norman
conquest. That it was at Totnes that Brutus, the famous Trojan, landed
after his marriage with the daughter of the King of Greece. Havillanus,
the poet, wrote :
"From hence great Brute "with his Achates steer'd
Full fraught "with Gallic spoils their ships appear'd;
The winds and gods were all at their command;
And happy Totnes shew'd them grateful land."
And then the Brutus Stone is still there; that granite stone jutting from
the modern pavement, whereon the son of Silvius leaped from the vessel.
From this stone the Mayor of Totnes now proclaims the accession of a
sovereign to the throne of Great Britain.
Tradition also says that it was at Totnes that Vespatian landed when
he proceeded to the siege of Exeter. Roman coins have been discovered at
various times in the vicinity of the river, and its importance in Anglo-
Saxon days is attested by its possession of a mint in the reign of Ethelred,
978-1016. There is an account of the arrival and reception at Totnes
of Ambrosius and Uter Pendragon, the sons of Constantine, when they re-
turned from Brittany, and made successful headway against the tyranny
of Vortigem. The town must have been associated with the earliest his-
tory of Great Britain. Westcote, a chronicler of the seventeenth century,
wrote of Totnes: "It prescribes for antiquitie before any Great Brytaine
yields."
At the time of the conquest Totnes formed a portion of the demesne
of Edward the Confessor. William bestowed it with 107 manors in Devon
^fn^alagg of the j^omgroy jFamUg l^^
on Judhael, who is said to have been a son of Alured the Giant, and who
is credited with having built the castle. William Rufus banished Judhael
and gave his barony to Roger de Noant. In the reign of King John, the
barony was jointly held by Henry de Tracy and William de Braose, grand-
sons of Judhael, through his two daughters, whose baptismal names have
not been learned. Thence it descended to Geoffrey de Camville, father of
Amicia, who married Henry de Pomeroy (living 1267-1304). The manor
of Totnes subsequently came into the possession of the Baron la Zouche,
and in 1485 King Henry VH. took it from him and gave both Castle and
Lordship to Sir Piers Edgcombe, whose daughter and coheir, Jane, was the
wife of Sir Thomas de Pomeroy. Sir Edward Seymour acquired the
manor of Totnes at the same time that Berry Pomeroy fell into his hands.
Sir Thomas de Pomeroy and his wife realized from the transaction a
small tenement in Stoke-Gabriel styled "Wills."
"18 Nov. 1640: p. 36. 6.
"Bill of Complaint of Valentine Pomeroy of Sandridge, Stoke-Gabriel,
Esq., against George Rowe :
"Recites grant by Edward, Duke of Somerset, to Sir Thomas Pomeroy
and Dame Jane his wife, grandmother and grandfather of Valentine
Pomeroy, of a tenement called Will in Stoke-Gabriel to hold for term of
their lives; remainder to their son Thomas Pomeroy, remainder to Arthur
Pomeroy, the second son, with other remainders. Thomas Pomeroy was
father of Valentine."
The river Dart is navigable for steamers below Totnes bridge,
although other sm.all craft ply freely above that obstruction. In ancient times
the town had its own ships and an extensive commerce. Sailing down the
river to the mouth of the Dart in the small passenger steamer one gets
good views of Stoke Gabriel and Sandridge, the last homes held by the
ancient Pomeroy Barons in Devonshire. As a modern dwelling, the house
has been occupied by the Davis family, and was the birth-place of John
Davis, one of the first Arctic explorers. Sandridge and Stoke-Gabriel were
inherited by younger sons of the lords of the manor of Berry Pomeroy.
It was a small tenement called Wills in Stoke Gabriel to which Sir Thomas
Pomeroy and his wife retired after they lost the Pomeroy estates to Sir
Edward Seymour.
The history of Dartmouth is replete with stirring episodes of war and
rapine. Corsairs from Breton were repulsed in a notable attack at a time
when they hoped to surprise and sack the city. They were opposed by a
force of 600 men entrenched along the banks of the river, supported by the
matrons and maids in the center. The Bretons, although notable knights and
men-at-arms, were gallantly repulsed and left many dead and some prisoners.
Some time later they returned and finding the town unprepared for attack
they captured and burnt it. Dartmouth, as one of the natural harbors of
England, kept a training ship, the old "Britannia" being the last one on duty.
She has been relieved since the construction of a palatial naval college.
which has taken over the duties.
Kingswear, the terminal station of the Dartmouth branch of the London
& Great Western Railway, also has its historical interest. It is said to have
been the port of departure of King Richard on his crusade to the Holy
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Land, and two hundred years later thirty ships and a full complement of
fighting men sailed from Kingswear to take part in the battle of Sluys.
Brixham, on Berry Head, is also closely associated with the Pomeroy
family, and as late as 1818 Brixham Pomeroys have emigrated to the United
States from that interesting port. While they do not trace their ances-
tors by generations, the English parish records contained in this volume
will lead them in the right direction, if they can fill an intervening
gap of two hundred years. English documents at the British Museum tell
us that the Pomeroys of Devonshire owned all the shores of Tor Bay. one
of the finest harbors in the world, and in which at any time may be seen
riding at anchor five or six of England's great ships-of-war. The Valletorts
and Co'rbets, kinsmen of the Pomeroys, also held lands at Brixham. Tor-
Bay was infested by pirates and privateers in the early days, lying at anchor
to await the approach of unarmed merchant ships. Commodore Drake,
the naval hero of Devonshire, captured and brought into Tor Bay the great
Spanish galleon Capitana, leaving her in charge of the Brixham fishermen
until the store of powder in her hold could be secured. There is a statue
on the dock pier of William Prince of Orange, King William III., who first
placed his feet on British soil at Brixham. And it is said that it was
here in Tor Bay that Sir Ralph de La Pommeraie brought the fleet in which
he and his retainers had crossed from Normandy, landed after the battle
of Hastings and marched back over Berry Head in search of the natural
defensive location upon which to build his stronghold. Berry Pomeroy
Castle.
Torquay and Paignton also command excellent views of Tor Bay. The
former is a very romantic spot and is thought by some of the visitors to be
the Queen of all the cities of this region. One of its chief attractions, aside
from the bay, is Kent's cavern, considered to be one of the most remarkable
caves in the world. It has been thoroughly investigated by the Devon^
shire Association of Savants. Paignton is now and has been for many years
a fashionable watering place. It is the most convenient and pleasant
locality for the headquarters of parties who purpose visiting the parks and
castle of Berry Pomeroy. Although the distance is greater than that from
Totnes, the motor busses running between Paignton and Totnes, one shill-
ing for the trip, are always ready to take the visitor on the way to Berry
Pomeroy, leaving him at the forks of the road to walk through the woods
and park. This short ramble includes the village and church of Berry Pome-
roy and is enjoyable at any season. No district in Devonshire is so glowing
in beautiful foliage and charming green lanes leading into mysterious
distances as are found in the neighborhood of Berry Pomeroy and the Valley
of the Dart.
Comworthy is about four miles from Totnes, and had once a priory
of the order of St. Austin. It was founded in 1237 by the Zouche family,
which acquired in later days a moiety of the hundreds of Sir Thomas
Pomeroy and Sir Peter Edgecomb, but which were returned to their former
lords by King Henry VIII. The last prioress was Avisia Dynham, who
was elected Jan., 1520. The community then consisted of but seven nuns
and was subject to the priory of Totnes. The priory buildings have long
since disappeared, but on Court Prior farm are still to be seen the remains
(S^n^alugg of ll|? J^om^roy 3Famxlg 124
of a double groined arched gateway, over which are the remains of a tower.
It was here at Cornworthy that Edward Harrys Hved, his first wife being
Phillippa Vowell. daughter of Agnes Pomeroy ; his second wife was Anne,
daughter of William Huckmore, who after Mr. Harrys' death married Henry
Pomeroy, our ancestor of the sixteenth generation.
And then we come to Harburton, which is beautifully located in a
valley and is a village of some pretension, St. Andrew Church stands in
the center of the town as may be seen in the engraving, and is of the per-
pendicular style of the fifteenth century, the tower being embattled and
pinnacled. There is a handsome screen of carved oak, while the clustered
columns have foliated capitals. The circular font is Anglo-Norman and
there are three richly canopied stalls in the chancel. The church has some
richly stained glass windows and interesting memorials. The churchyard
cross is modeled from that at Chewton jNIendip, one of the four rare cano-
pied crosses of Somerset. It was at Harberton that John, third son of
Thomas Pomeroy of the seventeenth generation lived, and the town which
gave its name to Arthur Pomeroy with the title of Viscount Harberton of
Castle Carberry in 1783.
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l^ia IfBir^nJiantB m Am?nra
"But there remained two of the men in
the camp, the name of the one was Eldad and
the name of the other Medad; and the spirit
rested upon them; and they were of them
that were written, hut went not out unto the
tabernacle; and they prophesied in the camp.
"And there ran a young man, and told
Moses, and said, Eldad and Medad do
prophesy in the camp.
"And Joshua, the son of Nun, the ser-
vant of Moses, one of his young men, an-
swered and said. My lord, Moses, forbid
them.
"And Moses said unto him, Enviest thou
for my sake? Would God that all the
Lord's people were prophets, and that the
Lord would put his spirit upon them!" — Num-
bers, 11:26-2^.
History teaches that the Puritans and Pilgrims began the migration
from England during the last years of the reign of James I., and that it
continued to grow in volume after Charles I. succeeded to the throne, 1620
to 1650, by reason of undesirable civil and religious conditions, inaugurated
by him, to which it was impossible for the earnest men and women of the
day to conform. The civil troubles arose principally from the illegal per-
sistence of Charles I., to levy ship-tax and army-tax without discrimination.
Thomas Wentworth, who was eager to establish his power in larger
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Pomeroy, son of Richard, Is the first entry. «
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measure, found that only a standing army could enable him to gratify his
personal desire for honors, and directed untiring energies to that end.
In the meantime, William Laud was the administrator of ecclesiastical
conscience, and as Archbishop of Canterbury he had departed farther from
the principles of the Reformation and had drawn nearer to the observances
of the church of Rome than any of the prelates of the Anglican church.
It is said that his theologf}- was more remote than even that of the Dutch
Armenians from the theology of Calvin. His ill-considered dislike of the
marriage of ecclesiastics would have made him an object of aversion to the
Puritans, even if he had used gentle means for the attainment of his ends.
But he was inclined to mistake his own wicked emotions for religious
zeal. Hence the remote corners of the realm were subject to constant
inspection. Every congregation of Separatists (Non-conformists) was
trailed and their meetings broken up. And the tribunals offered no pro-
tection.
At this conjunction many of the English people looked to the American
wilderness as the only asylum in which they could enjoy the comforts of
their religion in peace and without fear. It was then that a few resolute
Puritans and Pilgrims, who, in the cause of their religion, entertained no
thought of the tempest of the ocean, nor the hardships of uncivilized life,
made the passage to the new world, and built amid the primeval forests,
their homes and villages, which have to this day retained some trace of the
character derived from their founders. The English government made
great effort to stop this stream of emigration, but could not prevent the
population of New England from being recruited by its best citizens, God-
fearing men, from every part of Old England.
Among those spirited and determined men and women we find Eltweed
Pomeroy and his wife, Margery Rockett Pomeroy. In February, 1630. as
a Pilgrim he attended the meetings of the Puritans in the New Hospital,
Plymouth, with a purpose to emigrate to the New World. This company
was principally from the counties of Devon, Dorset and Somerset. They
selected the Rev. John Wareham of Exeter and the Rev. John Maverick
as their pastors.
On March 30, 1630. they embarked in the 400-ton ship "Mary and
John," Captain Squeb. The number of the company was one hundred and
forty. After seventy days' sail they entered the harbor of Nantasket, and
landed at Matapan, where they laid out the town of Dorchester, named in
honor of the old home of so many of the company ; and also of that of the
Rev. John White, their friend and patron. We now have Eltweed Pomeroy
filling the interval between his ancestors of the Old World and his descen-
dants of the New, -established at Dorchester, in the Colony of the Massa-
chusetts Bay.
1 ELTWEED POMEROY, (son of Richard), bp. July 4, 1585.
Beaminster, County Dorset, England; m. (1) May 4, 1617, at Bea-
minster, Johana Keech, who d. Nov. 27, 1620, Beaminster; he m. (2)
May 7, 1629, at Crewkerne, County Somerset, England, Margery
Rockett, birth date unknown, d. July 5, 1655, Windsor, Conn., she
having emigrated wdth her husband to America, and was the mother
of all his children born in America; he m. (3) Nov. 30, 1661, Lydia
-Brown, (widow of Thomas Parsons); Eltweed Pomeroy d. March,
1673, at the home of his son, Medad, Northampton, Mass. ; tradition
asserts that he became blind.
2d gen. Children by ist ii'ife:
2 Dinah Pomeroy, bp. Aug. 6, 1617, Beaminster, England; d. at
Beaminster,
3 Elizabeth Pomeroy, b. Nov. 1619; d. 1621, Beaminster, England.
Children by 2d ivife:
4 Eldad Pomeroy, b. Feb., 1630, Plymouth, County Devon, England;
^. admitted freeman at Dorchester, Massachusetts Bay, 1638, (sic.) ;
'' granted by the committee of the General Court, about 1660, fifteen
acres of meadow land and ploughing at Massan. on the west side
of the Connecticut River, which he sold to Jonathan Gillett ; he was
betrothed to Susanna, only child of Henry Cunlifte, and left her
part of his property by will ; d. May 22, 1662, Northampton, Mass. ;
unm.
5 Mary Pomeroy, b. Dorchester; d. Dec. 19, 1640, Windsor, Conn.
6 John Pomeroy, b. Dorchester; d. 1647, Windsor.
7 Medad Pomeroy, bp. Aug. 19, 1638. 4-
8 Caleb Pomeroy, bp. March 6, 1641. 4-
9 Mary Pomeroy, bp. April 21, 1644, Windsor; d. 1657, Windsor.
10 Joshua Pomeroy, bp. Nov. 22, 1646. +
11 Joseph Pomeroy, bp. June 20, 1652. +
It is held by some descendants of Eltweed Pomeroy that there were
two other children ; but if so the Annalist has been unable to find
such records.
Copy of a letter from Rev. A. A. Leonard, Vicar of Beaminster. County
! Dorset, England :
1 "Beaminster Vicarage, Dorset,
1 "My dear Sir:— "Jan. 31, 1907.
^ "You will remember my giving you about a year ago the date of the
\ baptism of Eltweed Pomeroy, son of Richard Pomeroy. You asked me to
j let you know if I happened to come across any other entries relating to
\ that family. I have now copied the diocesan transcripts to the end of 1624,
but my records are not complete, as there are several years missing, viz:
1589-1590, eight years missing after 1594, 1616 and 1622, 1627-1633, and
1636-1639. Your family is peculiarly fortunate as the record of the chris-
tening of Eltweed Pomeroy is the first entry- in the Registry. I find the
baptism of two other Pomeroys, younger brothers of Eltw-eed perhaps,
although the parents' names are not stated :
"Edward Pomeroy, bapt. 4 March 1591.
"Henry Pomeroy, bapt. 5 Aug. 1593.
"Edward died before he was two years old and was buried 19 July
1592. Another day I may come across Henry again.
"I learn from another member of the American Pomeroys, who was
here last summer, that Eltweed married Mary Rockett at Crewkerne, 7 May
1629. This is no doubt well known to you, but you may not be aware that
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Photographic evidence of the death of Johanna Keech. first wife of Eltweed Pomeroy.
Eltweed had been previously married at B^aminster, to Joan Keech, date 4
May 1616. Two daughters were born to them :
"Dinah Pomeroy, b. Aug. 6, 1617,
"Eh'zabeth Pomeroy, b. 1619; d. 1621.
"I can find no sons. Joan, the wife of Eltweed, was buried 27 Nov.
1620, when her daughter Elizabeth was just a year old. So when Eltweed
Pomeroy married Margery Rockett he had been a widower nearly seven
years, unless there was another marriage between.
"I am glad to be able to give you the above notes and hope they may
be of some interest. If you are ever in the old country again and near
enough, I hope you will call on me.
"Yours faithfully,
"H. B. Pomeroy, Esq. (Signed) "A. A. Leonard, Vicar."
The record of Eltweed Pomeroy 's baptism to which the Rev. A. A.
Leonard refers is as follows :
"Beaminster: Eltwitt, son of Richarde Pomeraye was christened the
fowerth of Julie." (The year is given over the entry.)
The indorsement following the above statement is: "This is the first
entry in the records, and signed: -
A. A. Leonard, Vicar.
Beaminster Parish Church, Dorset.
(From Abstracts of Wills in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury. Reg-
ister Soame, 1620. 1 Soame, 136-64. Somerset House.)
John Rockett alias Wakeley of Holdich, parish of Thorncombe, County
Devon, (sic) (Date 7 Nov. 1615). Churches and poor of Thomecorabe and
Hawkchurch, County Dorset, and poor of Chardstocke, County Dorset;
dau. Elizabeth, wife of Richard Wilkins, Johane Wilkins, dau. of said
Elizabeth and Richard, Mary Wilkins, their youngest daughter; kinswoman
Elizabeth Rockett, dwelling in my house; brother-in-law Lawrence Pye;
sons Richard Wilkins, Thomas and Nicholas Rockett, tenement called
Chackridge, parish of Hawkechurch, County Dorset; John Rockett son of
Thomas Rockett, (under 21) ; Thomas Rockett son of said Thomas (under
21); other children of said Thomas, lands in Thornecombe bot. of John
Edgar, gent, called Muttleburyes Common Close; Indr. date 13 March 4
James 1 ( 1607) ; land called Herriges Westlease and Little Pidmore,
parish of Thornecombe, leased from Alexander Walker of Combe St.
Nicholas, County Somerset, gent and Helen his wife, Nicholas Walker of
Thornecombe, gent and Marg. his wife ; John Rossiter of Henton St. George,
County Somerset, gent, and John Symmes of Chard, County Somerset,
yeom. ; grandchildren Johane and Elizabeth Rockett, daughters of son
Nicholas, land called Gribb in Thornecombe, bot of John Edgar, son of John
Edgar the elder of Thornecombe, gent, and John Edgar the younger; two
poor scholars of Thornecombe ; school there ; Richard Channon of Winshani,
County Somerset; gr. chn, are under 21; exors said sons Thomas and
Nicholas.
Cod. (Dat. "a little before his death.") Nicholas, son of son Nicholas;
Robert, son of son Thomas; Robert, son of son-in-law Richard Wilkins,
CSfttf alogtj of tl|F Pom^roy Jamxlg 128
land bot of Anthony Freeke in Henwood called Common Close ; Mary Wil-
kins, dau. of son-in-law Ric. Wilkins ; ]\Iary Rockett, dau. of son Thomas ;
Mary Rockett, dau. of son Nicholas : sister Joan Pye ; Thomas Clarke ;
John Larcombe ; Robt. Channing ; Alice Palf rie ; Nathaniel Saunders ; sister
Christian Channing ; Walter Lane ; John Bagwell ; Henry Adams ; Robt.
Michell ; Nic. Bovvditch ; Peter Adams ; John Whedon ; William Knott ;
Mathevv Cookney; Edward Moore.
(No sig.) (Pr. 8 Jan. 1619-20.)
Your Secretary and Annalist, while in England, examined the original
of the will of John Rockett alias Wakeley, at Somerset House. It filled
three pages of the large parchment INISS. books, but no one is permitted to
copy those old wills entire and must be satisfied with transcripts such as is
presented here. While there was no further reference to Wakely in the
nature of an explanation why John Rockett carried that alias into his
will, most other points are definite enough for our purpose. This entire
family of Rocketts came to America, John coming with his sister Mary
or Margery. We find in "Pope's Pioneers of Massachusetts," page 388,
the entry: ""John Rockett, propr., 1638, Dorchester Mass." Savage also
mentions Nicholas, John and Richard Rockett, and says it is also written
"Rockwood." The Adams family, members of which are mentioned in
this will, the Channons, Pye, Wilkins and many other families from the
parishes of Hawkechurch and Thornecombe came over during the next
two or three years. One of our Vice-Presidents, Mrs. Deborah Pomeroy
Darling, has made a close study of the Rockett family and found some very
interesting and conclusive notes on the subject, developing the fact that
the persons mentioned in John Rockett's will intermarried and were neigh-
bors in the Colonies, Massachusetts and Connecticut. The name of Richard
Rockett appears in the records of the first settlers of Dorchester in 1630.
He removed to Weymouth, thence to Braintree, where he died in 1660.
He was of the company that removed to Windsor, Conn., 1635-1636, but
did not go there at the time of the migration. He had married Agnes,
widow of Zachariah Bicknell, who came from Weymouth, England. This
Richard is perhaps one of "the other children of said Thomas" mentioned
in the will of John Rockett, the grandfather. Mrs. Darling continues : In
the Medfield Record, "Nicholas Rockwood* and Margaret Holliock mar-
ried May 16, 1656. Nicholas Rockwood, who was of the Wareham com-
pany, England, came in the "Mary and John," Capt. Squebb ; landed first
at Nantasket, and were first settlers of Dorchester before Boston was
settled: he died at Medfield, 1680. This Nicholas was perhaps a son of
John Rockett, mentioned in the will of his grandfather, as under twenty-
one, his father being Thomas, and his uncle was Nicholas.
"I examined the genealogy of Henry Adams and am sure that he was
the Henry Adams mentioned in the Rockett will, and that Peter Adams also
mentioned in that will was one of his sons, although he may have had a
brother Peter. He came with eight sons and several of those sons moved
to Medfield with the Rocketts, and the families intermarried also. President
John Adams and his family claim descent from Henry Adams.
•Doubtless a son of Nicholas Rockett of the Wareham company.
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"On a stone in the Braintree cemetery, erected by John Adams, is
^"^^". In memory of Henry Adams, who took his flight from the Dragon
Persecution in Devonshire, England, and alighted with eight sons near
Mt. Wollaston,' " etc. ^ ^ , t^ i .. c
We now have three of the grandchildren of John Rockett, br., ac-
counted for in America, leaving Robert Rockett, son of Thomas, to repre-
sent the family in England. The Secretary found the will o Robert
Rockett at Somerset House, and for a time thought it was the wi 1 of this
Robert, as it was witnessed by John Pinnye. John Rockett the mder John
Rockett the Younger, and Robert Pesinge ; pro. 13 Dec. 1500. Closer
study, however, convinces that it is the will of Robert, brother of_ John
Rockett the Elder. In this will there is an item giving Unto Richard
Channon and Mary Rockett Three poundes six shillings eight pence apiece
at their several ages of One and Twenty years." This Richard Channon
was a nephew of both elder Rockets. , -r^ , j a
To establish the identity of the names Rocket and Rock^vood, the
deed found by Mrs. Darling will suffice. It is from the records m the
court house at Cambridge, i\Iass. : „ . , ^ • tt , • ^ "^.^
"I John Rocet, husbandman, of Medway" give land in Hopkmton to
my son John Rocket of Medway, part of a lot of land granted formerly to
William Yory by the Gen'l Court 284 acres, bounded by land of Jasper
Adams of Benjamin Thayer's heirs, on common land, on land of John
Tones, land of Samuel Adkins, etc., Dec. 24, 1729, and in the third year of
the reign of our Sovereign Lord George the Second, by the Grace of God.
of Great Britain King, &c."
* John Rocket and Seal.
"Jeremiah Daniel,
"Henry Daniel, Witn.
"Medway, March ve 21, 1739-40, John Rockivood within written
appeared and fully acknowledged the within written instrument to be his
act and deed. , ^, x . n
"Before me, "Edward Clapp, Just. Peace.
"Camb. January 31, 1746."
Proved 13 Dec. 1600.
(From '"Notes on the Early Rockwoods of Massachusetts," by Charles A.
Flagg. 1905.)
"Rockwood and Rockett are used interchangeably, with the latter form
predominating. For example: The Vital Statistics of Medfield, Mass.,
down to 1728, as kept by the town clerks show eleven Rockets, forty-nine
Rocketts, one Rockit, and five Rockwoods, all members of one family, ihe
tradition is given here that one Rock-wood, a page at the Court of Henry
VIII., played chess and won from the King a manor and that he received
from the King for his arms six chess rooks." .
Then the question arises : Is Mar;/ and Margery, a girl s name, also
interchangeable? Is Margery a diminutive 'of Mary? It appears from the
mass of records we have assembled that Eltweed Pomeroy's wife was as
susceptible to pet names, or a change in style from the name bestowed at
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christening, as are the young girls of the present day. She was christened
Mary, married as Alarjerv, and died as Mary, tlie latter on authority of
Windsor, Conn., records:' "Died, July 5, 1655, Mary, wife of Eltweed
Pomeroy."
(From a leaflet, compiled bv William W. Rodman, and communicated by
Mrs. Henry Thorp Bnfkley, "Eltweed Pomeroy of Dorchester, Mass.,
and Windsor, Conn., and' Four Generations of his Descendants," re-
printed from Neiv England Historical and Genealogical Register,
for July, 1902, zi-'ith some additions.)
"Of his first wife, the mother of his eight children, ^we know only that
she was named ]\Iary, and died in Windsor, July 5, 1655."
The photograph of the register at the parish church of Crewkerne,
Somerset, England, testified to by Herbert Gaye, Vicar, and presented
herewith, studied through a strong glass, spells the name ''Maryery," and
is no doubt intended for a diminutive of Mary. Hotten's Original List
has a Mary spelled "Maryes" Harries, of Stoke Pomeroy in Devon, Eng-
land ; aged twenty-three years or thereabouts.
The prool is not conclusive, however, that Mary Rockett, dau. of son
Thomas Rockett, of the will of grandfather John Rockett of Holdich,
parish of Thornecombe. County Devon (the parish is in both Devon and
Dorset) was wife of Eltweed Pomeroy. The parishes named in the will,
and Honiton, Crewkerne and Beaminster are all within a radius of ten
miles. The Annalist was at each of these places. All are reached by the
London and Southwestern Railroad, except Beaminster, which is about
six miles from the railroad, a conveyance running once a day.
Prerogative Court of Canterbury — Somerset House. Fol. 80. Wallop.
In the name of God, Amen. On the 5th day of June, A. D. 1600, I
Robert Rockett of Hawkechurch in the Countie of Dorset, sicke of bodie but
perfecte of mind and memorie do make and ordaine this my last will and
Testament in mannor and forme following, viz. :
ffirst, I will and bequeath my soule into the hands of God and my bodie
to the earth.
Item. I give to the poor of the parish Twenty shillinges, the one-half
to be distributed by my wief and the other half at the f feaste of the Nativitye
of Christ next foUowinge.
Item. I give unto every of my grd. children ffower pence.
Item. I give unto Richard Channon and unto Mary Rockett Thre
poundes six shillings eighte pence apiece at their several ages of One and
Twenty years.
Item. I give unto my sister Marie and Alice her daughter Thre shil-
linges ffouer pence apeece.
Item. I give unto Thomas Allen six shillinges eight pence.
Item. I give unto Edward Bragg one-half acre of my wheate nowe
in grounde.
Itim. I give unto tiie thre eldest children of my sister Christian one
sheepe apiece.
Ttv-;- C/-.
ii!illil8f^f
(Eliurrh at (Urnukrntr - ^omrrsft
where Eltweed Pomeroy and Margery Rockett
were married
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131 Elttuf^Jj J^fltttrrog in Am^rtra
Item. I give unto my thre servantes every of them, a sheepe.
Item. I give unto John Pinny the younger one heiffer of one yeares
age-
Item. I give unto John Pinney the elder one yew sheepe and all my
outhouses (meaning shelter for sheep and poultry in the fields), with all
such movable thinges as are appertaginge to the same, and one wood ryme
standing againste and out-howse.
All the rest of my goodes, chattells and household stufte whatsoever,
moveable and unmoveable not before given or bequeathed I give and be-
queathe unto Anne my weif whom I make my full and whole executrix, and
after the decease of my wief unto Thomas Pynnye her sonne, and hereby re-
nownce all former w'ills and gitiftes whatsoverer, and that tliis may the
better stande and be in effecte I have called to witness
John Pinnye
John Rocket the elder
John Rocket the younger
and Robert Pesinge.
Eltweed Pomeroy took the oath of Freeman in the Colony of Massa-
i chusetts Bay on jMarch 4, 1632. — (Mass. Colony Records, Vol I. page 36^.)
I * * * jjg ^^^g Qj^g q£ ^Yie first settlers and proprietors of the town of
I Dorchester, and First Selectman in 1633. — (History of Dorchester, i8^g,
I PP' 33-35-) * * * The first qualification essential to attain to the privi-
i leges of Freeman was that the candidate be a member of some church, no
I age limit being mentioned: "To the end the body of Freeman may be
\ preserved of honest and good men. It is ordered, That henceforth no
I man shall be admitted to the freedom of this commonwealth, but such
I as are members of some of the Churches, within the limits of this jur-
■i isdiction." — (Colonial Laws, 164"/)
1 "In answer to that part of His Majestyes Letter of June 28, 1662,
I Concerning Admission of Freemen: This Court doth Declare, That the
I Law prohibiting all Persons except Members of Churches, and that also
\ for allowance of them in any County Court, are hereby Repealed, And
I do hereby also Order and Enact, That from henceforth all English men
] presenting a Certificate under the hand of the Ministers, or Minister of
i the Place where they dwell, that they are Orthodox in Religion, and not
I Vicious in their Lives, and also a certificate under the hands of the Select-
I men of the place, or the major part of them, that they are Free holders.
I * * * It shall be in the liberty of all and every such Person or Persons,
I being twenty-four years of age, Plouseholders, and settled Inhabitants in
I this Jurisdiction, from time to time to present themselves and their desires
\ to this Court, for their admittance to tlfe freedome of this commonwealth
1 * * *" — (Extracts from Colonial Laws.)
Following is the form of the oath prescribed to those who desired to
attain to the honors and responsibilities of a Freeman:
"I, (Eltweed Pomeroy) being by God's providence, an inhabitant &
ffreeman within the jurisdiccon of this common weale doe freely acknowledge
my selfe to be subject to the goverm't thereof, & therefore doe heere sweare,
by the great and dreadfull name of the everlyveing God, that I wille be true
and faithful to the same, & will accordingly yeild assistance and support
i •
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j thereunto, with my p'son & estate, as in equity I am bound, & will truly in-
1 deavT to mainetaine & preserve all the Libertyes &. priviledges thereof,
'I submitting my selfe to the wholesome lawes & orders made and established
I by the same ; and furth'r that I will not plott nor practice any evill against
I it, nor consent to any that shall soe doe. but will timely discover & reveale
the same to lawfuU authority now here established, for the speedy pre-
venting thereof. Moreover I doe solemnly bynde my selfe in the sight of
God. that when I shalbe called to give my voice touching any such matter
of this state, wherein ffreeman are to deale. I will give my voice & suffrage,
as I shall judge in myne owne conscience may best conduce & tend to the
publique weale of the body, without respect to p'sons, or fav'r of any man.
Soe helpe mee, God, in the Lord Jesus Christ." — (Mass. Col. Rec. I. p. iij-)
"Eltweed Pomeroy, who came from Devonshire, England, to this coun-
try in 1630, lived in Dorchester and Windsor, and died in Northampton
in 1673, and was progenitor of a large portion if not all who bear that
name in the United States. He is represented to have been a man of good
family, tracing his pedigree back to Sir Ralf de Pomeroy, a favorite knight
of William the Conqueror, whom he accompanied into England, acting a
conspicuous part in the battle of Hastings, fought Oct. 14, 1066, and after-
wards building a castle called Berry Pom.eroy, still in preservation on the
grant which he received from the crown." — (History of Easthampton, by
Payson W. Lyman; in Essex Institute Library.)
"Eltweed Pomeroy is in the list of those who were made freemen pre-
vious to the date of the Church Records, August 23, 1636.
"Besides the right of suffrage, the freemen enjoyed advantages in the
division of the lands, and were members of the General Court until the
representative system began." — (Good Old Dorchester; William Dana
Orcutt.j
"Pomeroy, Eltweed, b. in England about 15-5; d. in Northampton (?)
; Mass., 1673 ; came to America 1630 ; elected head of the first local town
government in any of the N. E. colonies, Oct. 23, 1635 ; removed to Windsor,
Conn.. 1638." — (American Ancest.)
"The first emigration to Windsor took place October, 1635. It was
continued in the spring of 1636." — (Records of the First Church of Dor-
chester, in New England.)
"In 1636-37 Mr. Pomeroy emigrated with Rev. John Warham's con-
gregation to Windsor, Conn." — (History of Dorchester.) * * * Refer-
ence to him may be found in Stiles's "Ancient Windsor," Vol. I, p. 164,
et seq. : "His place in the meeting house w as on the long seats. Land was
granted him in 1638. He had a house and lot in the palisadeo, which he
sold to Thomas Nowell in 1641 ; and he made gifts of houses and land to
his son Caleb and his youngest son Joseph. * * * jn 1665 he made
generous provisions for his " "dear and loving wdfe Lydia.' "
"In 1671 he removed to Northampton, Mass., to live with his son,
Medad. Tradition says he became blind. He died at his son's house in
March, 1673, being eighty-eight years old." — (New England Historical and
Genealogical Record.)
(From "History of Ancient Windsor;" Stiles.)
"William Thrall, plaintiff, against Eltwed Pomeroy, defendant. An
133 ^itmtth Pnmprng in Ant^rtra
action to the damage of £1 7s Od. In this action we (perhaps town clerk)
finde for plaintilt; damage £1 7s Od ; cost £0 os 6d."
"Pomeroy, Eltwood. 1638 (from Dorchester) lot gr. 15 r. wide (its
s. w. cor. should be 22 r. X. of Palisado) ; sold lot in Pal. N. end of meet-
ing house, on wh. he had built a ho. at time of Peq. war, to Thos. Nowell,
1641 ; rem. to Northampton before Oct. 1671."
"His son Caleb m. 1664, when his father gave him a part of the pater-
nal home-lot w. of the st. which he sold, with the frame of a building; he
sold also, to Talian Grant that part of the homestead E. of st. including
that part wh. had been set out to Eltwood Pomeroy's wife, and the little
stone house built by Mrs. Huit, which had been reserved, 1665, for his
son Joseph, when his time should be out with Goodman Gunn."
"After the Rev. Mr. Huit's death, in 1644, his widow had a dwelling
on Pomeroy's land. The land records preserve this item : 'Whereas, Eltweed
Pomeroy formerly gave Mrs. Elizabeth Huit, in the time of her widowhood.
in way of courtesy, to build her a house, by the help of her friends adjoin-
ing to the end of his dwelling-house, to use for her own during her life,
which she enjoyed, and after her death the said Eltwed Pomeroy took it
for his own, at a price agreed upon between him and those whom she desired
as her overseers and friends, to order that little estate which she left for her
children, which price he hath payed as they appointed him.' "
"Eltweed Pomeroy had land on the Connecticut River, frontage on
river 30 rods, E. 3 m. ; bd. N. by Roger Ludlow, S. by Will. Hill. Sold to
Whiting; bo't from Wid. Whiting by John Bissell, who gave it to his son
Thomas, 1658."
"Eltweed Pomeroy (Eltwed, Eltwood) had a mare killed or lost during
the Pequot troubles, 1637, for which, after much petitioning, the general
court, he received an indemnity of ilO in wampum a. 6 a. penny."
When the initial action was taken to establish a town government in
this country, Eltweed Pomeroy readily demonstrated the fact that he had
been a man of affairs and that he was familiar with business methods, and at
once took a leading place in the community at Dorchester, where the first
town government . was organized. He was one of the proprietors in that
plantation and had been chosen as chairman of the board of Selectmen,
comprised of twelve of the more notable men in the little colony of what
is now known as the Dorchester District of Boston.
This town government was organized in August, 1633, and the first
town meeting in the United States was held at the junction of Cottage and
Pond streets, in that town, over which Eltweed Pomeroy presided, by virtue
of his office as first selectman. In those days the governor of a colony or
community had no more power than a selectman, but was of equal influence.
It is also held with justice that this community over which Eltweed
Pomeroy presided as chairman of the board of selectmen, established the
first free public school in the country, although this school was in part
endowed by the proprietors of Thompson's Island. However, Dorchester
more completely supported its public schools in 1639 by general taxation
than Boston does now.
The congregation of the first church of the Dorchester (Mass.) colony
held its initial service in June, 1630. The meeting house was on the corner
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of what is now East Cottage and Pleasant streets, Boston. It was built
of logs, surrounded by palisades, and had a thatched roof; and a sentinel
was kept on guard, so that it served as a place of refuge and defense against
the Indians. On the first day of the week the colony held its meetings as
a church ; on the second day of the week the town meetings were held. An
I extract from the "Outlook" (New York) says:
I "This Dorchester town meeting, the first in America, was the model of
all the town meetings in New England, and the germ of our American
commonwealths. Near by was soon established the first free school sup-
ported by general taxation in America."
It can therefore readily be believed that Eltweed Pomeroy was a man
of large influence in this new environment, and believed in fostering all
enterprises tending to educate and elevate the colony.
Authorities differ concerning the year Eltweed Pomeroy and a number
of the colonists of Dorchester moved with their minister, the Rev. Mr.
Wareham, to Windsor, on the Connecticut river. It is probable, however,
that it was in 1636 that the migration took place, and the records contain
grants of land in that town in his favor in 1640.
When Eltweed Pomeroy and his companions of the colony of Dor-
chester moved their effects to Windsor, they carried along the records of
Dorchester, which they had prepared up to that date. Eltweed's name
appears in the list of the proprietors of Windsor, but the first record of lands
was not made until 1640. In 1644 he was appointed, by order of the court,
an inspector of linen and woolen yarn.
(From the Dorchester Town Records.)
"An agreement by the whole consent and vote of the Plantation, made
Monday, 8th day of October, 1633 :
"Imprimus, it is ordered for the general good and well ordering of the
affairs of the Plantation, there shall be every Monday before the Court
by eight of the clock in the morning; and be present upon the beating of
the drum, a general meeting of the inhabitants of the Plantation, at the
Meeting House, there to settle and set down such orders as may tend to
the general good as aforesaid ; and every man to be bound thereby without
gainsaying or resistance. It is also agreed that there shall be twelve men
selected out of the company that may, or the greatest part of them, meet
as aforesaid to determine as aforesaid, yet so as it is desired that the most
of the Plantation will keep the meeting constantly, and all that are there
although none of the twelve shall have a freer voice as any of the twelve,
and that the greater vote, both of the twelve and the other shall be of force
and efficacy as aforesaid.
"And it is likewise ordered that all things concluded as aforesaid shall
stand in force and be obeyed until the next monthly meeting and afterwards
if it be not contradicted and otherwise ordered upon the said monthly meet-
ing by the greatest number of those that are present as aforesaid. Moreover,
135 SUmppb ^omproQ ttt Am^rtra
because the Court in in vacancy of this said meeting, to
continue till the first Monday in the month,
Mr. JoHNSOiV,
Mr. Eltweed Pomeroy,
Mr. Richards.
John Pier<pe,
George Hull,
William Phelps,
Thom. Ford.
"The proportion which each man is to have of the Town's pasture and
other lands according to the same rule for division, for every one on tliis
side of the river
"The Maps of the Meadows beyond Naponset River ... .85.
"On June 3, 1634, Eltweed Pomeroy was appointed by the General
Court, Constable of Dorchester." (His official title, "Ca.," with above sig-
nature, perhaps Captain or Constable, could not be reproduced in the photo-
graph.)
Quoting from an article in the American (Whig) Review, of New
York, 1848, from the pen of the Hon. N. S. Dodge:
"This Eltweed Pomeroy is represented to have been a man of good
family, tracing his pedigree back to Sir Ralph de Pomeroy, who accom-
panied William of Normandy into England. * * * Like most of the
Dissenters of that age Eltweed was a mechanic, having for many years
carried on the business of making guns to a large extent and with much
reputation. Upon sailing for America, he closed his business, and selling
most of his stock in trade, brought with him only his tools. After a
residence of several years in Dorcester, the province of Massachusetts
Bay offered him a grant of 1,000 acres of land on the Connecticut river on
the condition of his -establishing his business as a gunsmith within the bounds
of the province. He did so; and it is a curious fact that, among seven
generations which succeeded him, there has been lacking at no time in the
direct male branch of descent, a follower of the original trade. The only
article of the Tools, of the old progenitor of the family, which he brought
from England, known to be still in existence, is the original anvil, now
in the possession of Lemuel Pomeroy, Esq.,* of Pittsfield, who was for
more than thirty years a large contractor with the United States government
for arms."
Working in iron, fashioning implements of war, was perhaps inherent
with Eltweed Pomeroy. In the early days of the Northmen the princes
and other nobles of Norway were workers in iron. They made their own
arms and armor, battle axes, spears, lances and other implements of war,
and the Norman warriors of much later period continued the art or practice.
Many Norman youths of generations not long in the past were bound ap-
*Now (Jan. 5, 1912) in possession of Mrs. Edward Pomeroy, Pittsfield,
Mass,
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prentices as armorers in the guilds of England. These facts doubtless have
some bearing on the facility with which our ancestors in America took so
readily and spontaneously to the" occupation of making arms of offense
and defense, swords, guns, pikes and the lances (which the matross carried)
during the Revolutionary war.
(Extracts from History of Dorchester, pp. 33-34-35. j
"The first meeting house erected in Dorchester and the first in the
Bay was built on Allen's Plain near the corner of Pleasant and Cottage
streets in 1631, and the first settlers of Roxbury united themselves with
the Dorchester Church and worshipped here with them. Air. Warham
held a lecture here on the fourth day of each week by an understanding with
the other plantations. This building was made a depot for military stores
and before the apprehension of attack from Indians subsided was palisaded
and guarded at night. Winthrop mentions that on the 19th of INIarch,
1632, Mr. Maverick accidently set fire to a small barrell containing two
or three pounds of powder in the new meeting house at Dorchester, which
was thatched, and the thatch only blackened a little. The meetings of the
inhabitants of the plantation were held in this building. It continued to
serve the plantation for the first fifteen years of the settlement.
"May 3d, 1633, the town granted leave to Mr. Israel Stoughton to
build a water mill and in January following the mill and a bridge over
the Neponset being completed, the privilege of erecting a fish wear was
voted to Mr. Stoughton, he agreeing to sell alewives to the plantation for
five shillings per thousand, and to give the inhabitants the preference in
selling all fish taken. Stoughton agreed not to sell the mill without con-
sent of the plantation. The General Court confirming these proceedings
in September, 1634, upon condition of keeping in repair a sufficient horse
bridge over the river.
"Nov., 1634. Voted that a sufficient cartway be made to the mill at
Neponset at the common charge if the charge exceeded not above 5 lbs.
"The first general Court held by delegates or representatives met May,
1634, when the Dorchester plantation sent Israel Stoughton, Wm. Phelps
and Geo. Hull, the whole assembly consisting of twenty-four persons, rep-
resenting eight towns.
"Arrangements for burying grounds commenced with the following
vote Nov., 1633. Agreed that there be a decent burial place bounded by
Goodman Green and that shall be done by the raters and also a bier to
carry the dead on. Alar. 3rd, 1634. Ordered that a new burying place
last agreed upon shall be forthwith impaled with double rail pale five rods
square.
"The general Court voted Oct. 1, 1633, a tax of 400 Lbs. and the
assessment show the relative importance of the town at that period. The
proportions are to Dorchester 80 lbs. Boston, Roxbury, or Cambridge,
Watertown and Charlestown 48 lbs. each. Sagus or Lynn 36 lbs. Salem
28 lbs. Medford 12 lbs. The rates of Dorchester and Cambridge are the
highest in the Colony.
"The following chronological items are from Winthrop :
"1631 Jan. a house burnt in Dorchester.
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"1632 May. Dorchester men work on Boston Fort.
"1632 Aug. Neponset Indians put in bilboas for assulting some Dor-
chester people in their houses after which Chickalobot beat
them.
"1633 July 24 a ship arrived from Weymouth. Dorset, with about eighty
passengers and twelve kin sat at Dorchester.
"The emigration to Conn, of a large portion of the first settlers of
Dorchester forms an important crisis in the affairs of the plantation. It
deprived it of nearly one-half of its population including two ministers, Mess.
Maverick and Warham, and a large part of intelligence and wealth which
accompanied the first comers. This movement has been attributed to dif-
ferent causes, but it appears rather to have been produced by a concurrence
of sundry incidents than any one prominent motive. Cotton JNIather in
reference to this subject says: ""Massachusetts soon became like a hive
overstocked with bees and many thought of swarming into new plan-
tations.' "
The whole Colony contained at this time but five or six thousand
people. Dorchester settlers were made acquainted wath the rich bottom lands
of the Connecticut by Hall & Oldham in 1633. ]\Ir. Oldham had traded
some with the Indians and had studied their language and customs and had
their confidence. He is said to have been the first white man who had
followed the Indian trail from the Bay Colonies to the valley of the
Connecticut. His reports of the fertility of the soil created a feeling of
unrest among the colonists of Dorchester which soon culminated in a be-
lief that a change would be beneficial and in 1635-6 a strong company was
formed to make the venture, comprising about sixty men, w^omen and chil-
dren, with their cows, horses and other live stock. Although the distance
was not great, their march was difficult and tedious until they reached the
Connecticut river, where they found comparatively good paths. Although
there is no definite knowledge of the course taken by the Dorchester emi-
grants, writers agree that the route was through the site on which South
Framingham now stands to Oxford, Sturbridge, Brimfield and Springfield,
the time occupied in making the journey being two weeks. Their pro-
visions and household effects went by water. Windsor at this time was
also called Dorchester, and it was not until 1637 that the name was changed
by the Commissioners' Court to Windsor, although its history as a town
began in 1633. At a convention of representatives of the towns of Windsor.
Hartford and Wethersfield it was decided that they would establish an in-
dependent republic and be governed by a written constitution. This consti-
tution was prepared perhaps by Thomas Hooker of Hartford, and the new
republic received the name of Connecticut. Eltweed Pomeroy was a citi-
zen of this Republic of Connecticut, and it was here at Windsor that his
sons Joshua and Joseph were bom.
Agrpfnt^nt bttmstn Sllnipb ^cmrroy anb JUalttr iFilrr:
®I|tja roritittg is ta mititpsa that. mhrr^aH 3. ^Itmth l^am^rag, habtn5 ai
latr takpn up nf inalt^r Jf'iUr rum ani ntbrr prinitBuins for mg familg, ani
also I|F I|aning paU> far mt stveml ^bts, for tljf pagra^nt ttjtrpof 3 60 bg tljifi
I Ci^n^aliigg at thr Pomprng iFamllg 13B
] firit aliPttatr anb mukB ovtt mi\aUy aniJ forrtipr so mixrli lanh (at £B per arr?)
•] at tijp bottom nf mg mralinm, nrxt tljp grrat riurr, against I?is mraJioro, aa tnlll
j jrag Ijtm mljat 31 noia justig oxob Ijim, ani mtjat 21 Bl|aU cmr ijim aniJ be bus I|xra
I 13 ®rt 1659. (&tgnfli) ;
The above document is the last writing with signature of Eltweed
Pomeroy that has been discovered. He was 84 years old at this time and
it is said, almost totally blind. It is evident that he was preparing to
go to the home of his son, Medad, at Northampton, where he died, March,
1673, ae. 88.
••
"We will build us a house at the forks of the road.
And watch this race of men go by''
This second generation records the children of the four sons of Eltweed
Pomeroy who lived to marry ; no daughters lived to marry.
7 MEDAD POMEROY, {Eltweed), bapt. at Windsor, Ct., Aug. 19,
1638; freeman May 31, 1661; settled at Northampton. Mass., 1659;
m. (1) Nov. 21, 1661, Experience, dau. of Henry Woodward, of
Dorchester and Northampton, d. June 8, 1686; he' m. (2) Sept. 8.
1686, Abigail, dau. of Elder John Strong, widow of Rev. Nathaniel
Chauncey, of Hatfield, d. April 15, 1704; he m. (3) Jan. 24, 1705,
Hannah, dau. of William and Joanna Warriner, of Springfield, and
widow of Thomas Noble of Westfield, b. Aug. 17, 1643; he d. Dec.
30, 1716.
Sd gen. Children, b. Northampton, by ist wife:
12 John Pomeroy, b. Aug. 24, 1662. +
13 Joseph Pomeroy, b. Dec. 14, 1664; d. Feb. 17, 1665.
14 Mehitable Pomeroy, b. July 3, 1666. +
15 Ebenezer Pomeroy, b. May 30, 1669. +
16 Joseph Pomeroy, b. June 26, 1672. +
17 Medad Pomeroy, b. June 17, 1674; d. July 10, 1674.
18 . Eliakim Pomeroy, b. Aug. 10, 1675 ; d. July 23, 1676.
19 Mindwell Pomeroy, b. July, 1677. +
20 Thankful Pomeroy. b. Mav 31, 1679. +
21 Mary Pomeroy, b. Feb. 15, 1684. +
22 John Pomeroy, b. March 20, 1686.
By 2d wife:
23 Samuel Pomeroy, b, Sept. 16, 1687. +
Deacon Medad Pomeroy, when he arrived at Northampton, in 1659,
was welcomed by the authorities on account of his skill, knowledge of
139 ®lj? S^rottb (B^twtutxnn
which had preceded him, and granted a chest of tools and some land. He
was twenty-one years of age, with a robust constitution, master of an
excellent trade, that of general smithing, acquired from his father, but
with few tools. The town was but five years settled. inhat>itants were scarce.
and ever}^ accession to the number, especially a skilled gim-smith, was
heartily welcomed, although he was not, we have reason to believe, the first
blacksmith who came to Northampton. John Webb preceded him, bringing
a full complement of tools. It may be reasonably conjectured that ^Medad
Pomeroy went to work for Webb, and soon proved by his skill, ability
and industry that he was a desirable inhabitant, and a man worthy of
encouragement. In August, 1660, the following resolve was passed: "John
Webb's tools that I\Iedad Pomeroy shall have on terms: A pair of bel-
lows, an anvil, a hand hammer, one hammer, three pairs of tongs, a beak
iron, a slice, a nailing stake, two chisels, one nailing hammer." The terms
on which the tools were granted are not stated. * * * "On the 13th Dec.
1664, at a legal town meeting the town gave IMedad Pomeroy the tools
they had of John Webb, as long as he lives in the town, but if he removes
out of the town he is then to leave them to the town ; but in case he dies
in the town the tools are to belong to his estate, provided he do the town
work." In 1670 it was voted to give him the "Smith's tools that he had
of the town in his hand by a clear vote without any condition."
"In 1675, Medad Pomeroy was chosen Selectman, to which position
he was re-elected twenty-seven times. He was first chosen Deputv- in
,1677, and was six times re-elected to that important position, his last service
being in 1692. He was chosen County Treasurer in 1698, and was a
number of times re-elected to that office, until the year of his death. It
appears that in some years he held not less than six important town offices
at the same time. He not only held various judicial offices, but was em-
ployed in the settlement of estates, and his record as a public officer was
both honorable and enterprising.
"It has been intimated that he was a lawyer. This may be correct,
though it is hardly probable that he had studied law, and there is no evidence
that he ever practiced at the bar. But there is evidence that he had a keen,
judicial mind, and that he comprehended intuitively the salient points of
any cause which came before him in his manifold duties. As we have
said, he held various judicial offices, and was frequently employed in the
settlement of estates. In 1678 he was appointed Clerk of the Writs
(Register of Deeds) for Northampton by the Court of Sessions, and held
that office till near the close of his life. In 1684 he was commissioned by
the same court 'to tend small causes.' Several years after, and for a
number of years in succession, he served as one of the Associate Justices
for the County of Hampshire."
Medad Pomeroy's home-lot, granted by the town, was situated in the
vicinity of Bridge Street Cemetery, but it is doubtful whether he ever
occupied this lot. He bought an acre on Aleeting-House Hill, where he
resided till his death, Dec. 30, 1716. His homestead, which eventually
consisted of twelve acres in the heart of the settlement, is remarkable for
the number born upon it in the line of Deacon Medad having
military service and titles, at least nine, namely: Hon. Ebenezer, Major
(g^n^alflgg of th? Pomprng iFamtlu 140
of Infantry; Captain John Pomeroy, Ensign Josiah Pomeroy, Captain
Joseph Pomeroy, General Seth Pomeroy, Lieut. Daniel Pomeroy, (killed at
Lake George), Major Daniel Pomeroy (his son), Captain Elisha Pomeroy,
and Colonel Thomas Pomeroy. He also took an honorable part in the
engagement at Turner's Falls, May 19, 1676.
"Deacon Medad Pomeroy was a man of large estate ; one of the first
men in the town ; a gun-smith like his father ; a leader of men also like his
father ; with the same strong character, both being men of liberal and inde-
pendent minds, determined to keep their civil and religious liberty. Puritans
always."
"He was Deputy to the General Court many years, having been chosen
in 1677, re-elected in 1683, 1684, 1685, 1686, 'l690, and 1692. * * *"
— Sylvester Judd.
In 1686 he accumulated considerable real estate in diflferent parts of
the town, and his son, Ebenezer Pomeroy, owned twelve acres in the very
center of the village, adjoining the first acre bought of Thomas Salmon,
having received all but three and a half acres from his father by deed. He
was a man of strong natural common sense, rough and rugged in manner
and expression, as were the majority of his contemporaries, but just in all
his dealings, and conscientious in the discharge of every duty. A strong
will and a dominating presence made him a leader in a community where
tenacity of purpose, physical endurance, and acuteness of intellect were the
chief characteristics. To hkn as much as to any other among the early
settlers is the town indebted for the efficient establishment of the founda-
tions of that thrift and prosperity, and those Christian and educational privi-
leges that have continued for two hundred and sixty years to bless and
enrich the community.
^'He had great respect and love for his parents, and in 1672 brought
his aged father from Windsor to Northampton, took him into his own
family and amply provided for him during the rest of his life. He was
indued with strong religious principles, was chosen deacon of the church
in 1675, and became one of its strongest supporters. At the time of his
death it was said in an obituary that Northampton had been deprived of
one of its most prominent and influential citizens. Full of years, honored
and respected, he had been identified more than any other citizen then
living with the earlier history of the place. This son of Eltweed Pomeroy
was descended from a long line of English ancestry, dating back in un-
broken succession to the time of William the Conqueror."
Experience Woodward, his wife and the mother of eleven children,
was daughter of Henry Woodward, who came in 1635 with Rev. Richard
Mather, united with the church at Dorchester in 1639, freeman Alay 10,
1643, and with wife Elizabeth sold land in 1659, and went to Northampton
with Clark and CunlifiFe. At its formation, Trumbull says, he was Quarter-
master of the Hampshire Troop in 1663. He was accidentally killed at the
upper com mill in 1685. He was frequently Commissioner and also Select-
man. ^Ir. Clap says he was a physician, but that there is no indication
that such was the case. The Register of Child well Parish, England, records
his baptism as 22 ]\Iarch 1607, son of Thomas Woodward of North Woolton,
County Lancashire, England, Esq., and Elizabeth Tynen, who were married
^^^
23 May 1592. She died 13 Aug. 1690. Their other children were : Freedom,
who married Jedediah Strong; Thankful, who married Capt. John Tavlor;
and John, who married Ann Dewey, daughter of Thomas of Windsor.
8 CALEB POMEROY, (Eltzcced), bap. at Windsor. .March 6. 1641;
m. March 8, 1665, Hepzibah Baker, b. May 10, 1646. dau. of Jeffrey
Baker and Joan Rockwell, of Windsor, Conn. He was one of the
original settlers of Northampton, was made freeman in 1663, had
home lot in section 6, subscribed three pounds of flax to the Harvard
College fund ; took part in the Falls Fight, j\Iay 19, 1676. In 1686
he sold his place and moved to Southampton or Easthampton, Mass.,
and is ancestor of all the Pomeroys of those places, except Captain
Lemuel Pomeroy; he was identified with the town from the first
and was still active in promoting the welfare of the place as a promi-
nent and mfluential citizen up to the time of his death, Nov. 18,
1691, a victim to the epidemic of fever and ague prevalent at the
time.
3d gen. Children, b. Northampton, except first and tenth:
24 Hepzibah Pomeroy, b. Windsor, July 27, 1666 ; d. voung at North-
ampton.
Samuel Pomeroy, b. May 29, 1669. + '
Abigail Pomeroy, b. Oct. 20, 1671. +
Hepzibah Pomeroy. b. Jan. 19. 1673 ; m. Jan. 25, 1705, Walter Lee
of Westfield; his estate was settled in 1709.
Ebenezer Pomeroy, b. jMarch 14. 1674 ; d. Sept. 12, 1699.
29 Caleb PoiiEROY, b. Mav 3, 1677; d. April, 1690.
30 Eldad Pomeroy, b. Dec. 6, 1679. +
31 Hannah Pomeroy, b. July 4, 1682. +
32 Mercy Po^ieroy, b. Sept. 20, 1684. +
33 Sarah Pomeroy, b. Southampton, Aug. 6, 1687; m. June 21, 1709,
Deliverance Church: m. (2) Dec. 12. 1721, Noah Wright.
An old document recites that Caleb received a grant of "land from his
father Eltweed on his entering into marriage with Hepzibah Baker, a part
of a child's portion at present one acre of land : that he also engaged the
remaining portion of land in that dose for Caleb at his death: but now.
Whereas, Caleb bought a couple of oxen of his father and was to pay his
father il8 for them in work, as he needed it yearly, in six vears. and he
having paid little of it, and now going to Northampton, his 'father is ne-
cessitated to sell the acre of land to John Grant for £7, and promises that
the £7 shall go for the oxen or land : if he pays for the oxen he will make
good the land sold with an acre as good at his death,
"This Deed or Instrument made this Twenty ninth of May,
i686: annoq nae Primo Regni Jacobi Secundi : Witne'sseth : That Caleb
Pumery of Northampton in the County of Hampshire of the Massa-
chusetts Bay in New England of his own free will and with ye consent
and approbation of Hepzibar Pumery his Beloved wife, for and in con-
sideration of Three Score Pounds already Received by Thomas Shelding.
Cordwainer, of the same Town County & Colony In New England, for
which he Doth fully acquitt and Discharge Sd Shelding & by these
28
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presents doth give grant bargain Sell Alienate and hath given granted
alienated Bargained Sold & firmly fully absolutely and clearly made
over unto the afors^ Shelding his heirs and Successors a certain Parcell
of Land Sometime belonging unto Deacon Hanchet. with the house
Barns Gardens Tools Orchard thereto belonging Which land lieth in
Northampton and is Thus Bounded: By the highway westerly: by the
Meadow fence Easterly by land sometime Belonging to George Lankton
northerly : and by the land of John Stebbins Deceased Southerly : Con-
taining two acres and half more or less: all of Aviiich houseing and lands
according to the butments and bounds or by what bounds soever bounded
or name called The above s^ Caleb Pumery doth hereby give bargain Sell
alienate confirm and make over ; & 'by these presents hath for himself
his heirs executors & administrators given granted Bargained Sold
alienated and firmly freely absolutely & Clearly confirmed and passed
over unto tlie aboves^ Thomas Shelding his heirs administrators execu-
tors & assigns;
To Have and To Hold possess & enjoy quietly and Peaceably and by
vertue of These presents Shall from time to time & at all times here-
after quietly & peaceably hold occupie Possess & enjoy the same, full
& clear and Clearly acquitted & Discharged of & from all and all manner
of formes & other gifts grants bargaines Sales and leases Judgments
executions mortgages Jointers Doweries Entailes forfeitures Titles of
inheritance and from all and every other Incumbrance w*hatsoever had
made committed Done or Suffered to be Done at any time Whatsoever,
hereby Giveing unto the afores^ Thoimas Shelding for himself his heirs
& Successors quiet and peaceable Possession of the aforesd houseings
& land of every Part & Parcel Thereof, with all Privilidges benefits
profits advantages commonages Commodities Conveniences Rights lib-
erties freedom immunities Town Rights Divisions SubDivisions Heredit-
aments Emoluments ways Passages water way courses Trees timber
Stones and all or any other appurtenance Thereto Belonging; hereby
Alsoe soe yielding Renouncing Relinquishing Quit Claiming Discharging
and Delivering up unto the s^ Shelding his heirs & Successors all his
Right tide priviledge Claims & Interest in or unto the afors<i land and
housing & all & singular the premises and particulars above mentioned &
they do Covenant Promise & Testifie to and with the s^ Shelding that at
the time of their Subs.cribing to and Sealing of this Instrument that they
were the true Real Sole & Proper owners of the premises and at That
Time Stood lawfull}^ Seized and possessed of the same, and had in them-
selves had full power and lawfull authority to Sell Grant Convey & assure
the same, as a good Perfect & absolute Estate of Inheritance in fee Simple
without any manner of Condition Revertion or limitation Soe as to alter
change Defeate or any way to make void the same: And that they
will and Shall from time to time and at all times here after Defend
Warrant and maintain the same to & against all & Every Person laying
lawful claim to it or any part thereof; and they Doe farther engage to
Deliver up unto S^ Shelding all such Deeds & writings Coppies grants
Scripts or Transcripts which they have in their Custody Particularly re-
lating to y^ premises hereby Declaring The above s^ houseing and land
143 ®l|? S'frottb (^mttntmn
to be the True Real & proper estate of the above s<i Shelding his heirs
executors administrators & assigns the which he or they may record
or enroll to Them Selves or make over by Deed or Will to any other Per-
son whomsoever ; and for the assurance and confirmation of the premises ;
They Do farther Engage to Do or Cause to be Done Such act or acts in
law as sd Shelding or his heirs Shall Reasonably Desire or Demand
at his or their own proper Cost or Charge, and In Testimony of Their
Consent to the premises They have here unto set their hands and
Scales the day and year above s^.
"Caleb Pumery & Scale
"Hepziba'h Pumery & Scale
"Signed Sealed and Delivered in the presence of us :
(Test) "Joseph Hawley
"Enos Kingsley
"Hepzibah the Relic of Caleb Pumery Deceased & Samuel Pumer)-
his son appeared in this Court being Impowered by s^ Court as Admin-
istrators to the deceaseds Estate and s^ Hepzibah in her own Capacitie
also acknowledged this Instrument to be their Act & Deed and the act
of her late husband and her act, also relinquishing all her Right in the
premises to s<i Shelding before the Court in Northampton : March :2g :
1692:
(Attests) "Samuel Partridge, Clerk
"On the 29th day of Mayii/ij: This Deed was received and was
then Here Registered from the Original.
"John Pynchon, Regt."
After his removal to Southampton Caleb Pomeroy acquired large
tracts of land in that region, and many localities of interest were named for
him, as Pomeroy Mountain, Pomeroy Ford and Pomeroy Meadows. In
certain natural aptitudes Caleb Pomeroy excelled, but his force, it is said,
was toward nature rather than object, and this trait has been projected into
his descendants in strong measure. As a rule we find them following the
life of the farmer, even to the tenth generation.
10 JOSHUA POMEROY, {Eltweed), bap. at Windsor, Nov. 22, 1646;
m. (1) Aug. 20, 1672, Elizabeth Lyman, b. Windsor, dau. of Richard
Lyman and Hepizibah Ford (dau. of Thomas Ford) of Windsor,
d. March 22, 1676; he m. (2) Jan. 9, 1677, Abigail Cooke, b. 1660,
dau. of Nathaniel Cook of Windsor; he was among the early set-
tlers of Northampton; gave four pounds of flax (4s) to Harvard
College; he removed to Deerfield, where he settled, and on March
30, 1682, there was made to him a grant of "seven cow commons,"
and a four-acre lot on Green River. In 1686, he built thereon the
first house in Greenfield. He was on the first board of Selectmen,
and prominent in the affairs of the settlement. He d. at Deerfield,
Oct. 16, 1689, and his widow, Abigail, m. (2) about 1691, David
Hoyt of Deerfield, Both were captured by Indians, Feb. 29, 1704.
Mr. Hoyt was starved to death, but his wife was redeemed, and m.
(3) Nathaniel Rice of Wallingford, Conn.
C§Ftt^aliirty of tit? Pumrrng iFamilg 144
3d gen. Children by ist ivife, b. Northampton:
34 John Pomeroy, b. May 2, 1674; d. Nov. 20, 1674.
35 Joshua Pomeroy, b. Sept. 24, 1675. +
Children by 2d ivife, b. Dcerncld:
36 Elizabeth Pomeroy, b. 1677 ; d. Nov. 16, 1688.
Z7 Nathaniel Pomeroy. b. ]\Iarch 9, 1680; killed at Pomeroy's Island
Ford, July 16, 1698, when in pursuit of a party of Indians who had
captured two boys the day before at Hatfield. The pursuing party
reached the location of the present town of Vernon, Vt., on horses
and lay in wait upon the river bank. When the Indians appeared on
the opposite side of the stream, the colonists opened fire upon them.
The Indians and one of the boys jumped into the river and gained the
shore. Believing that the savages were about to kill the lad, fire was
again opened, the enemy seeking cover. The boy managed to join
his companion in the canoe, and both succeeded in crossing the river
in safety, but one of the Indians who attempted to intercept them
was shot. Five or six of the colonists then embarked in the canoe
in order to gain possession of the other one, which had lodged on
Pomeroy Island, a little distance down the stream. The Indians
concealed on the opposite bank, fired upon them when they ap-
proached, killing Nathaniel Pomeroy of Deerfield, who was the last
soldier that fell in this war. The Indians were of the tribe Pocum-
tucks.
38 Abigail Pomeroy, b. July 23, 1682; d. Nov. 8, 1688. .
39 Mary Pomeroy, b. March 5, 1685.
40 John Pomeroy, b. March 27, 1687 ; d. June 3, 1691.
41 Lydia Pomeroy, b. March 5, 1689; captured by Indians at Deer-
field, Feb, 29, 1704, but redeemed ; m. Nathaniel Pender of Westfield.
11 JOSEPH POMEROY, {Eltweed), bap. at Windsor, June 20,
1652; m. June 26, 1677, Hannah Lyman, b. July 20, 1660, d. Oct. 11,
1736, dau. of Richard Lyman and Hepzibah Ford (dau. of Thomas
Ford) and sister of Joshua Pomeroy's wife, Elizabeth Lyman. He
was also one of the early settlers of Northampton, and is credited
to that town as a soldier in King William's war, having served at
intervals between 1688 and 1698. It is said that he lived in West-
field, Mass., and Lebanon. Conn., and in 1703 removed to Colchester,
and about 1715 he removed to Boston, locating near Corn-hill. He d.
Sept. 22, 1734 (or 1739).
Sd gen. Children:
42 Joseph Pomeroy, b. Sept. 1, 1678; d. Nov. 26, 1678.
43 Hannah Pomeroy, b. Dec. 13, 1679; d. Jan. 7, 1680.
44 Elizabeth Pomeroy, b. Feb. 7, 1681 ; d. Aug, 4, 1683,
45 Abigail Pomeroy, b. Jan. 25, 1683. -r
46 Joseph Pomeroy, b. and d. Sept., 1685.
47 Medad Pomeroy, b. Nov. 4, 1686; lived in Colchester, and d. there
Oct. 4, 1740,
48 John Pomeroy, b. July 11, 1688; d. Aug. 2, 16S8.
145 51^^ ^gronb (ggngratton
49 Sarah Pomeroy, b. Feb. 3. 1690. +
50 HaxNNah Pomeroy, b. April 2, 1694; d. before 1698.
51 Joseph Pomeroy, b. Dec. 20. 1695. +
52 Hannah Pomeroy, b. April 22, 1698. +
53 Noah Pomeroy, b. at Windsor, May 19, 1700. +
Joseph Pomeroy removed to Colchester very early in the settlement
of that town, and was one of the original proprietors. He had a division
or a home lot, as it is sometimes spoken of, in the first allotment in 1701,
on the hill "Chemantups" (a hill in the north part of the town, so called by
the Indians from its resemblance in shape to a human skull), and probably
lived there.
In 1703 he was appointed, together with Ebenezer Coleman, a_ com-
mittee to eject at their sole expense, certain trespassers "by force if nec-
essary," who were taking up land in a place called Pang^vonk, (south and
west of Gardner's Lake), under the authority of one ^lajor Palmer, who
claimed to have derived a title to certain lands there from an Indian, one
Captain Sanape. They were finally successful in doing this, and for their
services the proprietors granted them each one hundred acres of the land
in dispute. Joseph Pomeroy was a man of prominence in town affairs.
We find him an officer during the whole time covered by his residence
here. In 1703 he was appointed to run the town lines between this and
other towns. In 1708 he was chosen constable, collector and lister. We
find his name among a list of fifty-two who were proprietors of the town
in 1713; also, in this year w^e find that he sold two farms in Colchester;
and also, the following entry in the records :
"Dec. 14, 1713. To ball all town 'Counts, £00 13 3."
Probably this was in settlement of his accounts with the town as a
Collector, etc., which closes his connection with the town of Colchester, as
far as we can ascertain, as his name after that disappears from the records.
The Colchester records has the following: "The General Court, Oct.
17, 1703, having been petitioned, granted to the inhabitants of Colchester
liberty to imbody themselves into church estate and to call and settle an
orthodox minister of ye Gospel among them w-ith the advice and consent of
neighboring churches." He was one of the earliest members of this church.
In connection with his church history, w^e find in Stiles' History of
Windsor, a letter dated 2 April 1711, written by him to Nathaniel Loomis
of Colchester, in which he says : 'T being heare at Windsor to see whether
Mr. Thomas Elsworth would come and compleate the Bargain which he
and you made concerning ye fi.nishing of our meeting-house, and he says
yt he is no ways concerned, having agreed with you to finish the work,
which I know to be so, and your not coming to do it makes some trouble
amongst us," and urges him to come and attend to the matter, threatening
if he does not that "we shall speedily put you to trouble about it;" etc.
In 1728 we find in the Boston town records that Joseph Pomeroy was
chosen clerk of the markets. * * * In 1730, that he was chosen and
sworn as Constable of Boston. * * * In 1733, that he paid a tax of 8s
for repairs to pump in the Towns Ground, Corn-Hill, Boston.
"Give out from among you three men from
each tribe; and I will send them, and they shall
rise, and go through the land, and describe it
in accordance to the inheritance of them."
— Joshua.
12 JOHN POMEROY, (Medad, Eltzveed), b. Aug. 24, 1662, North-
ampton. Mass.; m. April, 30, 1684, Mindwell, dau. of Isaac Shel-
don and Mary Woodford, b. Feb. 24, 1666; he d. at Northampton,
June 23, 1686; she m. (2) April 19, 1687, John Lyman, son of John
and Dorcas; settled in Durham, Conn.; d. there April 8, 1735.
4th gen. Children, b. Northampton:
54 Experience Pomeroy^ b. Oct. 8, 1685. +
55 John Pomeroy, (posthumous son), b. Jan., 1687.
14 MEHITABLE POMEROY, (Medad, Eltweed), b. Northampton,
July 3, 1666 ; m. Nov, 4, 1686, Lieut. John King, Jr., b. July 5, 1657,
Northampton, d. 1702, son of John King and Sarah Holton; she d.
Nov. 8, 1755. John King was chosen Ensign of the Northampton com-
pany of minute-men recommended by the First Provincial Congress,
previous to which he had been concerned in "Father Rale's war."
He was with the deer-hunting party, consisting of Daniel Pomeroy,
Seth Lyman and Major Allen, at the time the latter was shot by
Seth Lyman, who in the snowy atmosphere mistook him for a deer.
This caused great excitement, and Mr. Lyman was brought before
the Court of General Sessions after the death of Major Allen. He
pleaded not guilty but was bound over in the sum of £10,000 to
. the Supreme Court for trial. John King and Daniel Pomeroy were
I recognized in the surn of £100 each to appear as witnesses. Lyman was
tried and acquitted. John King served in the Revolution as Lieuten-
ant of a company of minute-men in 1777, and took part against the
Ely insurrection.^
4th gen. Children, b. Northampton:
56 Mehitable King, b. March 31, 1690; m. April 13, 1712, Eliakim,
son of Thomas, Jr., and Alary (Stebbins) Strong.
57 Experience King, b. April 17, 1693; m. Aug. 16, 1716, Col. Timothy
Dwight, b. at Hartford, Conn., Oct. 19, 1694, son of Nathaniel and
Mehitable (Partridge) Dwight; a lawyer and prominent in North-
ampton affairs ; for upward of twenty years succeeding the incorpora-
tion of Southampton as a district, Northampton was represented
in the General Court by only three different persons. Col. Timothy
Dwight being the representative for eight years in succession, from
1758 to 1765. He served his town in Father Rale's war, and after
the fall of Louisbourg.
58 Medad King, b. March 26, 1699; m. Oct. 31, 1732, Rebecca, dau.
of Nathaniel and Rebecca Strong, b. Dec. 7, 1731.
59 Catherine King, b. Aug. 17, 1701; m. (1) Nov. 17, 1724, James
14Z Oilttrb (Bnxtmiwn - i^thnh
Heacock, who d. June 7, 1725; m. (2) May 25, 1730, Nathaniel
Phelps.
60 John King, b. April 1, 1704; m. April 17, 1735, Abigail, dau. of
Jonathan Root; he d. April 5, 1745. .
61 Twin, b. June 1, 1706; died soon.
62 Twin, b. and d. same.
63 Thankful King, b. Feb. 18, 1709; d. March 7, 1709.
15 HON. MAJOR EBENEZER POMEROY, (Medad, Eltzvecd), b.
May 30, 1669; m. (1) Alay 4, 1691, Hannah, dau. of Ebenezer and
Hannah (Clapp) Strong, b. Oct. 7, 1669, d. Nov. 29, 1691; he m.
(2) Dec. 26, 1692, Sarah, dau. of Capt. John and Sarah (Holton)
King,* b. May 3. 1671, d. Nov. 5, 1747; he d. Jan. 27, 1754. He was
prominent in civil and military affairs, as Captain, ]\Iajor, Commis-
sioner to meet with the Indians at Albany in 1724, member of Her
Majesty's Council of the Province (Anne, dau. of James II.), etc.;
and his duties as High Sheriff' were manifold. He was an active
and steadfast Christian and a deacon in the church.
4th gen. Children, h. Northampton:
64 Sarah Pom erg y, b. Nov. 23, 1693 ; d. young.
65 John Pomeroy, b. April 1, 1695. +
66 Ebenezer Pomeroy, b. Sept. 18, 1697. +
67 Sarah Pomeroy, b. Sept. 5, 1700. +
68 Simeon Pomeroy, b. Feb. 21, 1702; drowned in the Connecticut
river while returning from an expedition against Indians. April 24,
1725. He was with a large scouting party toward the frontiers of
Canada under command of Capt. Thomas Wells, of Deerfield. and
the canoe in which he was crossing capsized near the mouth of
Miller's river ; he was a soldier and twenty-two years of age.
69 Josiah Pomeroy, b. Dec. 29, 1703. +
70 Seth Pomeroy, b. Alav 20, 1706. +
71 Daniel Pomeroy, b. March 27. 1709. 4-
72 Thankful Pomeroy, b. July 12, 1713. +
"Hon. Ebenezer Pomeroy, Esq., as he is designated on the records, was
one of the leading citizens of Northampton. He was a gunsmith and a man
of energy and ability. During Queen Anne's war with Canada, in 1711,
among the eighteen companies furnished by Massachusetts, one company-
was from Hampshire county, of which Ebenezer Pomeroy was in command,
with a commission as Captain. This company was under pay from June
2, to Oct. 26, 1711. The pay roll amounted to £367.2.10, but the muster
roll of the company has not been preserved. The several expeditions against
Canada during this war cost Massachusetts in the aggregate about £80,000.
He engaged also in King William's war at times between 1688 and 1698;
^♦John King, "The Puritan," father of Sarah, came from England about
1645, at the age of sixteen years; m. Nov. 18, 1658, Sarah Holton; they had
twelve children. William Holton and his wife Sarah, (parents of Sarah who
married John King) came in the ship "Francis" in 1634, and settled in North-
ampton in 1655; they had eight children. Sarah Holton married John King
Nov. 18, 1656, Northampton, William Holton died Aug. 12, 1691.
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his services in Queen Anne's war being at intervals between 1704 and
1713. Whether in recognition of this niiHtary service, or for some other
good and sufficient reason not named, he was granted in 1716, a large
tract of land between Northampton and Springfield. The grant comprised
"All the remaining part of the Half mile Square : Between us and Spring-
field, Saving what was Before Granted to Capt. John Taylor and his two
sonSj viz. : Thomas and Samuel." The grant to Capt. Taylor and his two
sons was eighty acres, near Whiteloaf brook, which w^as afterward in the
town of Southampton. This property descended to Capt. Lemuel Pomeroy,
son of General Seth, and grandson of Ebenezer, who settled in Southampton
in 1776.
On June 27, 1735, Ebenezer Pomeroy received an appointment from
England as a justice-of-the-peace ; and again on June 23, 1743. * * *
Extracts from Northampton records say: "Several lawsuits resulted from
the Hatfield boundary question, Northampton being the defendant on this
occasion." That towm appointed Ebenezer Pomeroy attorney with "full
power to Constitute one or more attorneys under him as he shall see meet."
* * * "At the same time the town voted that the Three Guns which were
delivered to the three Captains (undoubtedly Captain Preserved Smith,
John Parsons, and Ebenezer Pomeroy), that did belong to the Towne that
said -guns should be sold and that Ebenezer Pomeroy should be supplied
with money out of the effects of said guns for going to Boston And oblig-
ing Layers and Insident Charges that should be expended in such case."
* * * In 1721 he was elected one of the three trustees to distribute loans
in the towns, with the provision that "the parties give satisfactory security."
Under date of June 11, 1745, Ebenezer Pomeroy writes to his son,
Major Seth, then on the war expedition to Louisbourg: "I would inform
you and your soldiers that God in his Providence has stirred up a remark-
able spirit of prayer in this city, for victory in this grand expedition and I
hear also throughout the land, for in this town the parents and some other
relatives of those gone in the expedition, have constantly set apart some time
every week to pray to God for success in this grand affair and we have good
reason to believe that it hath not been in vain; for God hath in a remark-
able manner smiled upon the fleet and army."
He inherited from his father. Deacon Medad Pomeroy, by deed in
1709, the home lot, and the adjoining land, about nine acres in all. The
deed conveyed the homestead "with houses, barns, shops, water courses
and all appurtenances." The water courses refer to an aqueduct supplying
the place with water, the pipes or logs extending to a reservoir on a lot on
Elm street, afterwards the property of Elijah Clark.
16 CAPT. JOSEPH POMEROY, (Medad, Eltweed), b. June 26,
1672, Northampton, Mass.; m. Nov. 29, 1692, Hannah,* dau. of
•In the settlement of the estate of Richard Seymour, recorded in Hartford
probate records, vol. iii, 23, 24, 110, and in the settlement of the estate of
Hannah, widow of Richard Seymour, vol. iii, p. 193, their daughter Hannah
is mentioned as the wife of Joseph Pomeroy. Richard Seymour, who came in
1636, settled in Hartford. He i« supposed to be son of Capt. Richard Seymour
149 Sllttrb ^rm^ratuin - iH^liab
Richard (Richard) Sevmour and Hannah Woodruff. Savage, in
his history, says that Richard Seymour married Hannah Hawkins,
daughter 'of Anthony Hawlcins and his second wife, "widow Ann
(Wells) Thompson, and that Ann Wells was daughter of Governor
Wells of Connecticut." In 1699 Joseph removed from Northampton
to Sufheld, Conn., which was settled by a colony from Massachusetts,
under whose protection it remained until 1752, when it became a
part of Connecticut. He was a metal worker like his father and
o-randfather. and held manv offices of trust; he d. at Suffield. Dec.
16, 1712; his widow mar. (2) Oct. 28, 1713, Josiah Hale of West-
field, bp. Jan. 14, 1683 (evidently not in infancy), d. July 10, 1774;
she d. at Springfield about 1727-8. Joseph Pomeroy was a cor-
poral in the Northampton company during the French and Indian
war of King William and took part in the Indian fight at Deerfield.
Sept. 16, 1696. He was the first of the name to settle in Suffield,
Conn., and was the ancestor of nearly all of the name in that region.
4th gen. Children, first izco h. in Northampton, others in SuMeld:
73 Hannah Pomeroy, b. Northampton, June 9, 1694; d. Aug. 19, 1694.
74 Medad Pomeroy, b. Northampton, July 18, 1695. +
75 Eliakim Pomeroy, b. Nov. 4, 1697; d. Nov. 10, 1711.
76 Hannah Pomeroy, b. April_ 12,^1700. +
77 Joseph Pomeroy, b. July 15, 1702.^+
.78 Benjamin Pomeroy, b. Nov. 11, 1704. +
79 Nathaniel Pomeroy, b. Jan. 23, 1706. +
80 Noah Pomeroy, b. Oct. 20, 1709. +
81 Eliakim Pomeroy, b. Nov. 10, 1711.
(From Siiffield Records, Old Book, p. lop.)
"At a general town meeting, March 7, 1698, it was agreed and voted :
Thirdly, to give to Joseph Pomeroy for inheritance forty acres of land;
but with this provisal. on these conditions : That said Pomeroy settle, abide,
and remain in the Town for the space or full term of seven years ; and dur-
ing said term to follow his trade for the benefit of the town. May it please
the Lord to bless him with life, health and strength soe to doe."
(Front Suffield Land Records.)
"His house-lot was near or part of the land now owned by the heirs
of Capt. Seth King, and contained five acres. The remainder of his forty
acres was laid out on Chestnut, northerly from John Noone/s house on
the same hill. His house-lot was on the west side of Countr)^ road, north-
who, in tfce expedition of Lord Popham to found a colony on the coast of Maine,
was the first to spread the Gospel to the Indians of this country.
The Journal of American History, 1st Number, 1912, presents photographic
evidence, including the Seymour Bishop Bible, (probably the Bible brought over
by Capt. Richard Seymour with the expedition of Lord Popham), to prove
that Richard Seymour of Hartford, Conn., 1636, was a grandson of Sir Edward
Seymour, (2d Seymour Baron of Berry Pomeroy and wife Dorothy Killigrew).
« It is a remarkable coincidence that Hannah, granddaughter of Capt. Richard
Seymour, the missionary among the Indians, should unite the destinies of the
Pomeroy and Seymour families in America by her marriage with Joseph, grand-
son of Eltweed Pomeroy. . _ _.^
erly from High Street." His homestead was sold in 1715, to John Devotion,
who was formerly of Weathersfield, Conn,
"On Oct. 4, 1699, he was appointed on committee to build a meeting-
house. * * * March 3, 1700, he was appointed fence viewer and later
surveyor of highways.
"Corporal Joseph Pomer£)y appointed pouad-ijeeper, Grander, etc. Also,
to see that the law was executed against offenders respecting swine going
unyoked: also, town brander and assessor, March 12, 1708-9." It appears
that about this time there was further trouble with the Indians, and we find
him, March 13, 1709-10 promoted to Sergeant. * * * March 12, 1710-11,
at a town meeting of freeholders and others for choice of officers to places
of trust, Joseph Pomeroy Avas chosen selectman and assessor. * * * "He
was Selectman and often held other town offices. At the time of his death
he was a Captain, a high rank in those times. He died Dec. 16, 1712, ae.
44 years. Letters of administration were granted to Hannah, his widow,
and Ebenezer Pomeroy of Northampton, (his brother) ; inventory taken
1713."
In vol. C. 77, Land Records of Springfield, Mass., we find that
"Ebenezer Pumry of Northampton, and Hannah Pumry, alias Hannah Hale,
of Suffield, with the consent of her husband, Josiah Hale, as administrators
of the estate of Joseph Pumry, deceased, of Suffield, sell a portion of his
estate to pay debts. May 18, 1715." In conjunction with the above, the
following is significant: "Josiah Hale of Suffield conveys to Jacob Lawton
of Suffield all right in land in w^est part of township of Westfield, granted
by the General Court to proprietors of the town of Suffield, as an equiva-
lent for land taken for said town by late establishment, my 40-acre grant,
originally made to John Millington, late of Suffield; also one-eighth part
of that which may belong to the heirs of my father, Timothy Hale; and
also, my right as heir to the estate of my brother John Hale, deceased.
March 6, 1733."
As there is no later evidence that Josiah Hale and Hannah (Seymour-
Pomeroy) Hale were resident at Westfield, and no probate records in
Northampton of any settlement of the estate of Josiah and Hannah
(Pomeroy) Hale, and in view of the apparent sale of all his lands in West-
field, we are constrained to believe that they did not reside in Westfield
at the time of Hannah (Seymour- Pomeroy) Hale's death, but in the town
of Springfield.
19 MINDWELL POMEROY, (Medad, Eltweed), b. July, 1677,
Northampton; m. June 3, 1696, Joseph King, b. May 8, 1673; she
d. Nov. 21, 1732; he. m. (2) Aug. 30, 1733, Mindwell Porter, s. p.;
he. d. Dec. 3, 1734.
4th gen. Children:
82 Sarah King, b. March 10, 1697; m. Aug. 18, 1718, James Bunce.
83 Esther King, b. Jan. 9, 1700; d. young.
84 Eunice King, b. March 12, 1703 ; m. Benjamin Alford, Jr.
85 Mindwell King, b. March 15, 1705; m. 1736, Jonathan Bascom.
86 Phineas King, b. Feb. 9, 1707.
87 Joseph King, b. Nov, 24. 1709.
151 Olljxrh (Btmtzdwn - M^hvih
88 Thankful King. b. Feb. 9, 1712 ; m. 1736, Stephen Sheldon.
89 Simeon King, b. Oct. 28. 1714.
20 THANKFUL POMEROY, {Mcdad, Eltweed), b. May 31, 1679,
Northampton; m. Oct. 27, 1698, Lieut. Benjamin Lyman, b. North-
ampton, Aug. 10, 1674, d. Oct. 14, 1723, son of Lieut. John Lyman
and Dorcas Pkimb. He was an enterprising man and left an es-
tate free from debt of £1,147, and stock in shop valued at £198; he
was a farmer and stock raiser, fattening cattle for the market; he
owned a negro slave called Nancy who was appraised at £40. Thank-
ful m. (2) 1726, Ensign Nathaniel Lewis of Farmington, Conn.;
she d. Sept. 18, 1773, Northampton.
4th gen. Children by ist marriage:
90 Joseph Lyman, b. Aug. 22, 1699; m. 1727, Abigail Lewis of Farm-
ington, Ct., b. 1701 ; resided in Northampton ; d. there March 30,
1763. +
91 Benjamin Lyman, b. Dec. 19, 1701 ; d. in infancy.
92 Benjamin Lyman, b. Jan. 4, 1703 ; m. 1726, Mary Moseley, b. in
Westfield, 1707; settled in Easthampton; she d. Aug. 17, 1782; he.
d. May 1, 1762. In 1745 he removed to Bartlett Mills on the Man-
han river, and the town of Easthampton deeded to him and Stephen
Wright, his neighbor, for the sum of £1,625 in bills of credit, old tenor,
a tract of land known as "School Meadow," the same being land
sequestered by the town for schools, about eight acres of Manhan
meadow above the falls on the river and the public road across the
same, +
93 Aaron Lyman, b. April 1, 1705; m. Dec. 12, 1733, Eunice Dwight,
dau. of the Rev. Josiah Dwight of Woodstock, Conn. ; settled in
Belchertown, where he d. 1780. +
94 Eunice Lyman, b. May 3, 1707; d. June, 1720.
95 Hannah Lyman, b. Julv 14, 1709 ; m. Jan. 2. 1735, Capt. Nathaniel
Dwight of Belchertown,' b. Jan. 20, 1712, d. 1784; she d. 1794. +
96 Caleb Lyman, b. Aug. 8, 1711 ; Hved in Boston with his uncle Caleb;
unm.
97 Susanna Lyman, b. July 18, 1713; m. Mr. Baxter of Boston.
98 Capt. William Lyman, b. Dec. 12, 1715 ; m. Jemima Sheldon, b.
Nov., 1721; settled at Northampton; he d. there March 13, 1774;
she d. Feb. 16, 1785. +
^99 Daniel Lyman, b. April 18, 1718; Yale, 1745; steward of Yale
1747 to 1752; m. 1748, Sarah Whitney of New Haven, d. Aug. 1,
1751; m. (2) June, 1752, Sarah Miles, dau. of Capt. Samuel Miles
of New Haven; m. (3) 1768, Eleanor Fairchild Benedict, d. March
23, 1825 ; he was deacon of the church in New Haven, lawyer and
magistrate; he d. Oct. 16, 1788. +
100 Medad Lyman, b. March 20, 1722; m. unknown; kept a tavern in
New Haven, Conn. +
§th gen. Children of Joseph and Abigail Lyman ^ (90):
101 Eunice Lyman, b. May 30, 1728; m. Capt4^ Lewis Clark; of North-
ampton. , " % "^x iL T< r*
^tmnla^^ of tit? ^nm^rog Jamtlg 152
102 Mercy Lyman, b. Sept. 7, 1729; m. Hon. Joseph Hawley, patriot of
the Revolution, to whom is credited the sentiment: ''We must fight."
103 Joseph Lyman, b. May 4, 1731.
104 Eleanor Lyman, b. May 18, 1732; d. in infancy.
105 Elisha Lyman, b. June 22, 1734; m. Abigail Janes; d. Aug. 13,
1798; res. Northampton.
106 Eleanor Lyman^ b. Sept. 24, 1737; m. Capt. Oliver Lyman of
Vermont.
Children of Benjamin and Mary Lyman, (92):
107 Dea. Benjamin Lyman, b. Aug. 1, 1727; m. Hannah Jones of
Springfield, Mass.
108 Mary Lyman, b. Feb. 22, 1730; m. Capt. Oliver Pomeroy of North-
ampton, son of Capt. John Pomeroy and Rachel Sheldon.
109 Thankful Lyman, b. March 30, 1731 ; m. Daniel Williams.
110 Lemuel Lyman, b. and d. 1732.
111 Lemuel Pomeroy Lyman, b. Aug. 17, 1735; m. Lydia Clark, dau.
of Eliakim, b. Sept., 1741 ; he joined the expedition against Crown
Point, and was slightly wounded in the battle; d. July 16, 1810.
Res. Easthampton.
112 David Lyman, b. Dec. 14, 1737; m. April 12, 1763, Sarah Wright;
settled on the plain west of the village of Easthampton; he was
called Captain; she d. Dec. 23, 1817; he d. Jan. 10, 1822.
113 Solomon Lyman, b. Jan. 21, 1741; d. Jan. 27, 1746.
114 Esther Lyman, b. June, 1748; d. 1749.
115 Martha Lyman, b. 1750; m. Nov. 8, 1770, Oliver Wright.
Children of Aaron and Eunice Lyman, (ps):
116 Susannah Lyman, b. Nov. 16, 1734; m. Mr. Kent of Suffield, Conn.
117 Josiah Lyman, b. March 9, 1736; m. Jan. 9, 1759, Sarah Worth-
ington of Colchester, Ct. ; she d. March 28, 1799; he m. (2) Mrs.
Stone, removed to Goshen, and d. there Nov. 18, 1822. He was
deacon of the church in Goshen, Mass.
118 Anna Lyman, b. July 28, 1737; m. Capt. Granger of Suffield, Ct.
119 Aaron Lyman, b. March 20. 1740; d. Feb. 23, 1758.
120 Major Elihu Lyman, b. Dec. 25, 1741 ; m. 1770, Esther King of
Westfield; m. (2) 1781, Sarah Stebbins of Deerfield, Mass.; he d.
Sept. 12, 1823. He was a Captain in the expedition under Benedict
Arnold for the invasion of Canada. Res. Northfield and Greenfield,
Ma:ss.
121 Eunice Lyman, b. May 29, 1744; m. Jonathan Arms of Deerfield;
she d. May 3, 1832.
122 Mary Lyman, b. Nov. 12, 1745 ; m. Capt. Elisha Hunt of Northfield;
she d. 1819.
123 Dorothy Lyman, b. June 17, 1747; d. Aug. 16, 1789.
124 Caleb Lyman, b. Oct. 7. 1750; m. Oct. 25, 1774, Catherine Swan
of Worcester, Mass., b. Alarch 12, 1756, d. Aug. 22, 1809; he m. (2)
April 4, 1816, Tirzah Field, dau. of Abner Field of Northampton;
he d. Aug. 17, 1822.
125 Dolly Lyman, b. Oct. 4, 1756 ; d. Sept. 14, 1787.
153 SiytrJi (BtmtviXwn - Mthnh
Children of Hannah and Nathaniel Dzinght, (95):
126 Elijah Dwight, b. Nov. 30, 1735 ; d. Jan. 19, 1736.
127 Elihu Dwight, b. March 31, 1737; d. March 22, 1760.
128 Justice Dwight, b. Jan. 13, 1739.
129 Eunice Dwight.
130 Jonathan Dwight, b. ; d. Sept. 7, 1766; student at Yale Col.
131 Susanna Dwight, d. Oct 20, 1766.
132 Elijah Dwight.
133 Josiah Dwight, b. ; d. March 19, 1767.
134 Pliny Dwight, b. Aug. 11, 1753; d. March 15, 1783.
Children of Capt. William and Jemima Lyman, (98):
135 Rachel Lyman, b. Nov. 22, 1752 ; m. Rev. Noah Atwater of West-
field, Mass.
136 Gen. William Lyman, b. Dec. 7, 1755; graduate Yale, 1776;
served through the Revolution.; Consul to London during President
Jefferson's administration; d. in London, bu. in Gloucester Cathe-
dral. Was elected to Congress previous to President Washington's
retirement and voted against the resolution ; m. Jerusha, who d. June
11, 1803; he d. Sept. 2, 1811.
137 Cornelius Lyman, b. Jan. 7, 1758; Capt. in U. S. Army; was in
John Allen's army; m. Sarah Mason of Boston; d. at Presque Isle,
now Erie, Pa.
138 Asahel Lyman, b. Feb. 8, 1760; d. soon.
139 Jemima Lyman, b. Feb. 5, 1761 ; m. Dec. 11, 1786, Hon. Samuel
Fowler; Yale Col. 1778; she d. Feb. 28, 1826.
140 Levi Lyman, b. Jan. 30, 1763; m. Sept. 1, 1789, Lucretia Kingsley;
he was chairman of Northampton Board of Selectmen, of the County
Commissioners and Registrar of Deeds of Hampshire county about
quarter of a century ; he d. March 7, 1830.
141 Capt. Samuel Lyman, b. Jan. 12, 1765; m. Mary, dau. of Gen.
Joseph Warren of Boston, who was killed at Bunker Hill; he d.
1802.
142 Submit Lyman, b. Dec. 5, 1767; d. Jan 9, 1797; unm.
Children of Daniel and 2d wife, Sarah Lyman, (99):
143 Daniel Lyman, b. July 13, 1753.
144 RoswELL Lyman, b. July 9, 1755.
145 Sarah Lyman, b. Dec. 11, 1757; m. Peter Colt; d. Aug. 25, 1844.
146 Elihu Lyman, b. Aug. 24, 1760; m. Dec. 26, 1789, Polly Forbes,
dau. of Capt. Elijah Forbes of New Haven.
Children of Medad Lyman, (name of wife unknown), (100):
147 Mary Lyman, b. ; d. about 1775 ; linm.
148 Esther Lyman, d. about 1775; unm.
149 Martha Lyman, b. 1757; m. Joseph Whiting of New Haven, d.
Feb. 3, 1794; she d. Feb. 4, 1829.
21 MARY POMEROY, {Medad, Eltweed), b. Feb. 15, 1684, North-
ampton; m. Jan. 2, 1705, Samuel Benton of Hartford, Ct., b. Jan.
(^tmnlQQ^ of tit? j^nm^rnu 3Famtlg 154
28, 1680, Hartford ; he. d. Feb. 8, 1763, son of Samuel Benton, of
Hartford; she d. Sept. 18, 1773.
4th gen. Children, (all baptisms at Second Church, Hartford, Ct.):
150 Medad BexNTon, b. Oct. 20, 1705.
151 Jonathan Benton, b. Sept. 2, 1707.
152 Timothy Benton, bp. March 19, 1709.
153 Eunice Benton, bp. June 22, 1712.
154 Mary Benton, bp. May 29, 1715.
155 Samuel Benton, bp. Aug. 11, 1717.
156 Sarai Benton, bp. Aug. 16, 1719.
23 REV. SAMUEL POMEROY, (Medad, Eltzveed), b. Sept. 16,
1687, Northampton; Yale, 1705. at the age of eighteen; m. (1) Julv
30, 1707, Lydia Taylor of Northampton, who d. 1722; m. (2) 1725,.
Elizabeth Webb, dau. of Rev. Joseph Webb of Fairfield, Ct. He
was settled over the Presbyterian Church at Newtown, Long Island,
where he died June 30, 1744, "greatly beloved and his death was an
unspeakable loss to his congregation."
4th gen. Children all by ist iinfe:
163 Catherine Pomeroy, b. May 4, 1708. +
164 Abigail Pomeroy, b. July 8, 1710. +
165 Noah Pomeroy, b. Nov. 20, 1712; d. same year.
166 Lemuel Pomeroy, b. May 23, 1716; d. Oct. 11, 1737, in the Island
of Curacoa.
167 Elizabeth Pomeroy, b. Nov. 16, 1717. +
The extracts presented here are mostly from Prof. Dexter's Biograph-
ical Sketches. "In July, 1708, the Rev. Samuel Pomeroy was called to the
pastorate of the church in Newtown, Queens County, Long Island, and in
the following September he removed thither and began his life work.
He was ordained at Northampton, Nov. 30, 1709, the Rev. Mr. Stoddard,
the Rev. John Williams of Deerfield, and the Rev. William Williams of
Hatfield, (both Harvard College, 1683) joining in the service. At this
time the church was of the Congregational order, but in September, 1715.
Rev, Samuel Pomeroy applied for admission to and was heartily and unan-
imously accepted by the Presbytery of Philadelphia, through the influence of
a neighboring clergyman, and two years later he united with others in organ-
izing the Presbytery of Long Island. His ministry was a prosperous one
and he sustained the character of a systematic, learned, and eminently pious
man. He preached for the last time on Sunday, May 20, 1744, and the
same evening was seized with a mortal illness.
"His second wife, Elizabeth Webb, eldest daughter of the Rev. Joseph
Webb, (Harvard College, 1684,) pastor of the First Church in Fairfield,
and one of the original trustees of Yale College, was born Feb. 14, 1696-7,
and survived him twenty- four years, dying at the age of seventy-one."
The church building, put up in 1671, had become very much dilapi-
dated and it was decided that a new one^must be built. Jonathan Fish, the
town clerk, presented the church with a plat of ground four rods square,
and the deed was in behalf of the "Dissenting Presbyterian Congregation,
J55 ^\\xth (^tmttLtwn - Olalrb
Newtown." The church took possession of this property on March 22,
1716 and work on the new edifice was begxm immediately, but the interior
was not finished for many years, a pulpit not being turnished until IMl.
It was adorned with a spire in which was a small bell. Mr. Pomeroy joined
with Revs. McNish of Jamaica, and Philips of Sautauket in organizing the
Presbytery of Long Island in 1717. The pastor. Rev. Samuel Pomeroy,
was supported by contributions of his congregation and the profits of the
parsonage farm 'of seyenty-four acres along Hoffman avenue. After a
pastorate of thirty-six years, he came to be greatly beloved, and his death
was considered an unspeakable loss to his people. He was buried m the
town burial ground on Court street, but the remains were removed to the
church yard, where the original stone still marks his grave. There is an
inscription :
"Kind earth, keep safe my sleeping dust.
Till Christ shall raise it with the Just;
My ministerial ii'ork is done
For you, dear people of Newtown."
25 SAMUEL POMEROY, (Caleb, Eltweed) , b. !vlay 29, 1669, at
^" ■ Northampton, i\Iass. ; m. (1) about 1690, Elizabeth, dau. of John
and Mary (Kingslev) French of Rehoboth, :Mass. ; m. (2) Dec. 7,
■ 1703, Johanna, dau.' of Jacob and Mary (Frary) Root, b. Nov. o,
T681, d. Jan. 20, 1713; m. (3) 1715, Elizabeth, dau. of Joseph* and
Elizabetht (Chapman) Strickland, b. Jan. 29, 1685; living in 1/46,
when he made his will. He was a teacher and farmer, and settled m
Southampton. He received five acres of meadow land of an addi-
tional grant in Northampton. He had a home lot in Easthampton
on West street, near the saw-mill with a lot intervening, which had
been sequestered for school purposes. He d. about 1748.
4th gen. Children by ist wife:
^168 Samuel French Pomeroy,. b. 1691. +
169 Caleb Pomeroy, b. May 14, 1693 ; d. young.
170 Elizabeth Pomeroy, b. Sept. 30, 1694; d. Oct. 8, 1714; unm.
171 Caleb Pomeroy, b. Dec. 1, 1696; d. young.
172 Ebenezer Pomeroy, b. May 31, 1700; d. Aug. 9, 1709.
Children by 2d wife:
173 Johanna Pomeroy, b. about 1704; mentioned in her father's will in
1746; imm. r , , -n
174 Hepzibah Pomeroy, b. in 1706 ; also mentioned in her father s will
1746; unm.
175 Caleb Pomeroy, b. Oct. 2, 1707, Northampton. +
Children by 2d wife:
176 Mary Pomeroy, b. July 1, 1716. +
177 Joshua Pomeroy, b. Sept. 9, 1717. +
^ 178 Noah Pomeroy, b. Oct. 13, 1719. +
•Joseph Strickland was son of Thwaite Strickland and Elizabeth, dau.
of Edward Shepard of Cambridge. Will June 21, 1670. . k v r^
f Elizabeth Chapman was dau. of Edward Chapman and Elizabeth jox.
179 Richard Pomeroy, b. Nov., 1721; went into Maine; descendants
not yet traced.
180 Elizabeth Pomeroy^ b. Feb. 25, 1723. +
181 Simeon Pomeroy, b. June 5. 1725, Northampton. +
It is appropriate to introduce here an extract from the "History of the
Connecticut Valley:"
"In 1730, at a meeting of Proprietors, it was voted that Samuel and
Eldad Pomeroy might have their shares laid out as near their meadows
as might conveniently be. This shows they were already settled. This is
sustained by traditions, and their ownership for many years before is proved
by a petition which they made in 1742 to the General Court, desiring to be
exempt from taxation for the support of the new precinct lately formed by
about thirty families at the southwest corner of the town bounds. The
Pomeroy s belonged to the old town, as they considered, and did not de-
sire to be part of the new. They state that they had improved their
lands and paid taxes for them for forty or fifty years. This would indi-
cate the cultivation of " Pomeroy 's Meadows" as early as 1700. They were
evidently the first pioneers upon the territory of Southampton, though not
a part of the company of proprietors who made the general settlement.
As the descendants or representatives of the original proprietors of North-
ampton, they were entitled to share in the newly divided territory, and their
rights were accorded by the vote above mentioned, but neither they nor
Ebenezer Corse participated in the drawing of home-lots, or Pine Plain
lots.
"The general method of laying out land was to give to each man a
house-lot of twenty acres, either on Pomeroy's Little Mountain or on
town-plot hill, ten acres of Pine Plain, either in Davis's plain or in the
adjoining plain, which lieth southwardly of Pomeroy's Little ^fountain,
and sixty acres more to complete his ninety acres in the best of the land
either on Pomeroy's Little Mountain, Town-plot Hill or Wolf-hill, or in
the land adjoining said hills ; and for a minister the same quantity was to
be set apart in each of the divisions stated as to each of the thirty settlers.
"May 10, 1731 : Granted to Joseph Wait five acres of land on the
southwardly branch of the Manhan, to be laid out so as to avoid incom-
moding Samuel and Eldad Pomeroy as much as the committee conveniently
can.
The town of Northampton voted Dec. 22, 1732, "To lay out a highway
over the branch of the Manhan river at or near Pomeroy's Meadows, or
some other suitable and convenient place, so as to accommodate the new
settlement."
May, 1737: "The Selectmen of Northampton laid out this road. They
began at Eldad Pomeroy's path that goeth southerly to Samuel and Eldad
Pomeroy's bounds tree, so called, and then they turned westwardly on the
said hill till they come to Samuel Pomeroy's path going down the hill
from his house ; and then going over the brook, and so up the hill along
near Caleb Pomeroy's house, still westwardly till they come to the top of
the hill, then turning somewhat southwardly down the hill, all in Samuel
Pomeroy's land; and then over the Manhan river, over the bridge that is
now over the river, erected by the new town people, from the foot of the
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hill to the bridge in Eldad Pomeroy's land, so along where the path now
goeth ; all to be two rods wide." The summit of Pomeroy's Mountain is
involved in the story of the Pascommuck massacre.
Extracts from the will of Samuel Pomeroy, the same being dated
1746; proved December, 1748: "Wife Elizabeth to have one-third of estate;
and mentions oldest sons Samuel and Caleb. * * * Joshua to have the
house he dwells in at Newtown (Southampton) and all land at Newtown.
* * * Noah to have the land between the brook and upper meadow.
* * * Simeon, the house where I dwxll, barn and all uplands upon this side
of the brook. * * * Caleb, Noah and Simeon, all meadow land, commons
and Long Division. * * * Johanna, Hepzibah, Mary and Elizabeth, £40
cash, or movables, or bills of credit. The two oldest (Johanna and Hep-
zibah) to account for what they have had of me, and their grandfather,
Jacob Root; also what I have advanced over or what I shall advance, to
Mary."
26 ABIGAIL POMEROY, {Caleb, Eltweed), b. Oct. 20, 1671; m.
(1) April 5, 1694, John Searle, son of John and Ruth (Janes) Searle;
they moved from Northampton Center to the North Slope of Alount
Tom (Pascomuck) in 1700. On May 13. 1704, the father with
three of his children w^ere slain in the terrible Indian massacre, and
the mother, with the other children captured, although she had re-
ceived a severe wound on the head with a tomahawk. One of her
descendants has in his possession a silver pin she wore in her hair at
the time the blow was struck. Afterwards, in 1707, she married
Nathan Alexander, and it is supposed that she occupied the Searle
farm,
4th gen. Children:
182 Elisha Searle, b. 1695 ; he was captured at the time of the massa-
cre by the Indians and taken to Canada, where he was brought up
in the Catholic faith. After fifteen years he was redeemed and
returned to his native town ; he m. Rebecca Danks, reared a family
of children, was a worthy citizen, and had a respectable standing in
the church, +
183 Joseph Searle, b, 1697 ; was one of the captives,
184 Abigail Searle^ b. Aug, 15, 1698; massacred by Indians May 13,
1704.
185 John Searle, b, Aug, 9, 1700; massacred by Indians, May 13, 1704.
186 Caleb Searle, b, 1702; massacred by Indians, May 13, 1704,
187 Submit Searle, (posthumous daughter) b. Sept, 14, 1704; m.
1732, Deacon John Clark, He was the third Deacon John Clark,
and one of the first settlers in Southampton, Mass., in 1730. +
4th gen. Children of Elisha and Rebecca Searle, (182):
188 Rebecca Searle, m. Zebediah Alvord,
189 Abigail Searle.
190 Catherine Searle, b. 1736; m. Lieut, Silas Brown, b, 1736, d. Aug.
4, 1804; shed. 1813.
CJrn^aliigy uf tl)? J^nm^rnu 3^amtlij 158
191 Hannah Searle, b. 1738; m. Lieut. Noah Strong, Jr.; they were
first settlers at Westhampton.
192 Lucy Searle.
193 Elisha Searle, Jr. ; m. Thankful Banks.
Children of Submit and Deacon John Clark, (iSj):
194 John Clark, b. 1733.
195 Chloe Clark.
196 Jehiel Clark, b. 1736; m. 1760, Sarah Strong.
197 Submit Clark, b. 1738; m. 1760, Elijah Clapp.
198 John Clark.
199 Gad Clark, m. Hannah Edwards.
\ 200 Martha Clark.
201 Abigail Clark, m. 1767, Selah Clapp.
It is said that Andrew, Edward and John Searle were born in Warwick,
England, and all came to Boston in 1634. It is evident, however, that
there were Searles in County Devon, as the Annalist, during his recent
visit, found in Berry Pomeroy churchyard the graves with headstones in
good condition of Hugh Searle and wife Elizabeth. Standing by the
headstone of Henry Haywood, one can read the names of many of the
men and women who have intermarried with the Pomeroys, viz. : Samuel
Hodge, Samuel Angel, George Dugdale, George Everest and Amelia his
wife, Henry Hayward and Elizabeth his wife, John Ashford and Mary
his wife, and there are many others who are familiar to the Colonies, but not
a single Pomeroy headstone. The Pomeroy headstones have doubtless
been carted away into the fields as material to build stone fences for the
] Seymour farmers. Every indication of the Pomeroy ownership is being
I rapidly obliterated. Even from the guide-board pointing the way to the
\ castle, the church and the village of Berry Pomeroy, the name is omitted,
i leaving merely the word Berry.
j John Searl, the emigrant, removed from Boston in 1635, in company
j with others to Springfield, Mass., as first settlers. His home lot was a
i little north of the present Union railroad station. He married March 19,
•j 1639, Sarah Baldwin. They had a son John, born March 30, 1641. His
3 widow, Sarah, married April 28, 1642, Alexander Edwards, who came from
j a border town in Wales. In 1655 they removed from Springfield as first
\ settlers to what is now the city of Northampton. They are the ancestors of
I all of the names of Edwards and Searl in the Connecticut Valley.
j 30 ELDAD POMEROY, {Caleb, Eltweed), b. Dec. 6, 1679; m. Dec.
I 20, 1705, Sarah Wait, b. April 18, 1687, dau. of William Wait and
I Sarah Kingsley. Eldad Pomeroy left Northampton for Easthampton,
1 in 1730, and was among the first settlers of Easthampton ; he d. there
1 in 1760. The old homestead in Northampton is now the John Clapp
j place on West street.
i 4th gen. Children:
1 202 Sarah Pomeroy, b. Oct. 5, 1706; m. 1733, Thomas Porter.
j 203 Hannah Pomeroy, b. Feb. 4, 1709. +
j 204 Eldad Pomeroy, b. Dec. 31, 1711. +
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205 Ebenezer Pomeroy, b. Nov. 10, 1715. +
206 Elisha Pomeroy, b. 1719. +
207 Joseph Pomeroy, b. Nov. 19, 1721. +
208 Benjamin Pomeroy, b. 1724. +
209 Abigail Pomeroy, b. 1727. +
31 HANNAH POMEROY, (Caleb, Eltweed), b. July 4, 1682; m. July
7, 1702, Joseph Baker, of Windsor, Conn,, son of Joseph, (Jeffrey),
settled on a tract of land of several hundred acres south of Shemp-
set Pond; she d. 1705; he m. (2) Mrs. Abigail (Stiles) Bissell, dau.
of Thomas Stiles; he d. Jan. 29, 1754.
4th gen. Children:
210 Joseph Baker, b. April 19, 1703.
211 Samuel Baker, b. June 28, 1705,
32 MERCY POMEROY, {Caleb, Eltzveed), b. Sept. 20, 1684; m.
Dec. 9, 1708, Samuel Edwards, Jr., b. J\larch, 1676; she d. April
17, 1712; he m. (2) Sarah Pomeroy, dau. of Joseph of Colchester and
Hepzibah (Ford) Lyman.
4th gen. Child:
212 Mercy Pomeroy Edwards, b. Feb. 5, 1711; m. (1) Dec. 7, 1749,
Benjamin Bartlett (his 3d wife), b. Dec. 30, 1696, Northampton, d.
Aug. 23, 1762, son of Samuel Bartlett and wife Sarah Baldwin; she
m. (2) Ebenezer French; she d. Oct. 26, 1790.
35 JOSHUA POMEROY,* (Joshua, Eltzveed), b. Sept. 24, 1675, at
Deerfield, IMass. ; m. (1) May 1, 1700, Sarah Leonard, who d. April
24, 1702; m. (2) Esther with whom he was captured by
Indians in the raid on Deerfield, 1704, and who was killed when they
were pursued, but Joshua appeared in Dorchester in 1707; which
is accounted for in a measure by the following extract from the
Records of the First Church of Dorchester, page 156: "Dec. 8, 1706,
Memorandum: The Reverend Mr. John WiUiams Pastor of Deer-
field & many Captives with Him returned from ye french and Indian
Captivity very lately in Answer to Publ. Prayers on that behalf:
Gloria Deo in Xto." He m. (3) in Dorchester, Feb. 4, 1708, Repent
Weeks, d. July 22, 1714, ae. 38; he m. (4) in Dorchester, June 2,
1715, Mary, dau. of John and Hannah Blake, d. March 19, 1718; he
m. (5) Oct. 1, 1718, Mary, dau. of Thomas and Mary Clapp of
Dedham. He was chosen Constable of Dorchester in 1712.
4th gen. Children by ist zvife:
213 Elizabeth Pomeroy, b. March 29, 1701; d. April 1, 1701.
214 John Pomeroy, b. April 20, 1702.
•No Pomeroy projection by this family. When Joshua Pomeroy joined
the church in Boston he was said to have been last of Dorchester and firstly
of the church in Deerfield. "He received a grant of 6 J acres of land on
'Ragged Row' (now Pleasant Street, Boston). He was designated in 1729 as
one of the English tenants, and in the sale of a portion of his land it was said to
be part of 6,000 acres that he had purchased in 1725." — (History of Canton,
by J. V. Huntoon.)
^enfalxJgtt of titp Pom^rog iFamtlg IHO
By jd zcife:
215 Mary Pomeroy, b. in Dorchester, Sept. 11, 1710. +
216 Sarah Pomeroy, b. in Dorchester, Feb. 10, 1712; m. Nov. 15, 1733,
Stoughton, John Patton of Norton, Mass.
217 Daughter Pomeroy, b. and d. 1714.
By 4th zvife:
218 Hannah Pomeroy, b. in Dorchester, May 27, 1716; d. Sept. 11,
1716, Norton.
(B. 28. P. 18, Boston R. Deeds.)
James Havves of Dorchester Cordwainer and Damaris his wife sell for
/65 to Joshua Pumry of Dorchester, Taylor, 4 acres in Dorchester, bounded
by Land of John Bird Senr. John Humphry, James Bird Senr. Messuage
or Tenement "Moreover also all my Well of water which is on the East-
ward side of the Road or highway and is now within my IMeadow Fence
near to the said Messuage and also full and free liberty of passing to and
from the said Well of water, and Convenient room around the said Weil
for drawing of water out of said well."
Signed the Six and twentieth day of April in the Year of Our Lord
One Thousand Seven hundred and eight. In the Seventh year of Her
Majesties Reign.
James Hawes personallv appeared and ack'd in Dorchester June the
22d 1708.
(B. 36. P. 33, Boston R. Deeds.)
To all People to whom these presents shall come — Greeting: Know
yee that I Joshua Pumery of Dorchester in the County of Suffolk within
His Majesties Province of Massachusetts Bay in New England, Yeoman
&c. for Forty-two pounds paid by William Withington of Dorchester
Blacksmith, a tract of land situate lying and being in Dorchester New
Grant containing by estimation one hundred and twenty five acres more or
less, being the Eleventh Lot in the Twenty five Divisions being the right
of Stephen Hopkins and John Bird Junr. and Samuel Bird, James Hawse
&c. and Mary Pumery wife of me the sd. Joshua Pumery by these presents
freely and willingly give yield up and surrender all her right of Dowry
&c. — sixteenth Day of April in the Eighth year of the Reign of Our
Sovereign Lord George by the Grace of God King of Great Britain France
and Ireland and in the year of Our Lord One Thousand Seven Hundred
twenty two.
Joshua Pumry & a seal.
Mary Pumry M her mark & a seal.
The above named Joshua and Mary Pumery
app'd &c. May 22, 1722.
(P. 239. B. 39.)
This Indenture made Ye fifteenth day of March in the 12th year of the
Reign of Our Sovereign Lord George by the Grace of God of Great Britain
France and Ireland King Defender of the Faith, &c. Annoq Domini One
Thousand Seven Hundred and Twenty-five between Amos Ahanton Thomas
Ahanton Simon George Hezekiah Squamoag George Hunter all resident in
Punkapoag an Indian Plantation within the Township of Dorchester in the
County of Suffolk and Province of the Massachusetts Bay in New England
and the Native or Indian Proprietors of the Lands within the said Indian
Plantations in Behalf of themselves and other Indians that are or may
be Interested therein on the one part and Joshua Pumry of Punkapoag
aforesd (or Dorset Village as it is Sometimes called) Yeoman and one
of the English tenants or Lessees of the s'd Indian Lands on the Other
part, Witnesseth that the s'd Amos Ahanton Thomas Ahanton Simon
George Hezekiah Squamoage George Hunter (by and with the allowance
and approbation of the Honorable Nathaniel Byfield Paul Dudley Jonathan
Remington John Quincy Ebenezer Stone Esqrs — being a Committee
Appointed & Impowered by the Create & General Court or Assembly of
the Province afores'd at their session at Boston in the year of Our Lord
1724) Signified by subscribing their names hereunto for & in Consideration
of the Sum of Twenty one pounds Eighteen Shillings &; Sixpence in good
Bills of Credit on the S'd province well and truly paid by the s'd Joshua
Pumry in the Hands of the s'd committee Put in Trust to & for the only use
& behoof of the Indian Proprietors afore sd & to be accordingly employed
for the benefit of the sd Indian Proprietors pursuant to the direction of the
sd Great & General Court have Given Granted Bargained and Sold & by
these presents Do give grant Bargain Sell Aliene Release Confirme quit claim
unto the s'd Joshua Pumry (in his possession now being) Two Several
Tracts or parcels of Land Scituate lying & being in Punkapoag aforesd
(with the Dwelling house thereon standing) containing in the whole Sixty
one Acres & One Quarter more or less, which sd Tracts or Parcells of Land
are more particularly Described & Decyphered in a small Plat or Draught
hereto annexed, together with all privileges, &c. &c.
Signed Sealed & Delivered in the presence of us — Edward Winslow
Samuel Tyley
Approved this Twenty Second day of March 1725. Nathll Byfield
Paul Dudley Jona Remington John Quincey Ebenezer Stone
Suffolk Ss Boston March 22d 1725.
Personally appd & ackd
Paul Dudley May 6th 1726
John Ballantine Regr
45 ABIGAIL POMEROY, (Joseph, Eltiveed), b. Jan. 25, 1683; m.
Isaac Lyman, b. Feb. 16, 1681, at Northampton, son of Richard
Lyman and Elizabeth Coles, dau. of John Coles of Hatfield; she
d. June 3, 1709; (probably b. in Colchester).
4th gen. Children:
219 Isaac Pomeroy Lyman, b. 1707; d. 1708.
220 Abigail Pomeroy Lyman, b. May 28, 1709; d. Dec. 25, 1709.
49 SARAH VOM.'EROY, {Joseph, Eltzveed), b. Feb. 3, 1690; m.
about 1714, Samuel Edwards of Northampton, (who had previously
m. Mercy Pomeroy, (32), dau. of Caleb Pomeroy and Hepzibah
Baker of Colchester) ; she m. (2) Joseph Wright, Sr. ; she d. 1751.
4th gen. Children by ist marriage:
221 Sarah Edwards, b. 1715; m. Reuben Wright.
222 Deacon Samuel Edwards, b. 1716; m. 1747, Catherine Clark, b.
1723, d. April 29, 1803; soldier of the French and Indian war of
1745; d. 1783. +
223 Miriam Edwards, b. 1718: m. Aaron Wright.
224 Hannah Edwards, b. 1720; d. 1738.
225 Noah Edwards, b. 1722 ; m. Jerusha Alvord ; he d. Sept. 3, 1805. +
226 Phebe Edwards, b. 1724; m. Titus Wright, b. 1718.
227 Medad Edwards, b. 1726.
228 Nathaniel Edwards, b. 1729; m. Margaret Alvord, dau. of Benja-
min Alvord of Northampton; he d. 1792.
^th gen. Children of Samuel and Catherine Edwards, (222):
229 Hannah Edwards, b. July 29, 1748; m. Gad Clark, service in the
Revolution; he d. 1777; she m. (2) Deacon Stephen Lyman.
230 Catherine Edwards, b. Nov. 13, 1750; m. July 30, 1772, Lemuel
Coleman, d. Feb. 11, 1824; she d. Jan. 3, 1836.
231 Samuel Edwards, b. June 9, 1753 ; m. June 14, 1780, Silence Judd,
dau. of the Rev. Jonathan Judd, d. Sept. 9, 1839; he. d. Aug. 12,
1843. .
232 Luther Edwards, b. May 3, 1756 ; m. Dec. 22, 1778, Sarah Sheldon,
b. Oct. 19, 1759, d ; he m. (2) Clarissa Judd, b. 1764, d.
Aug. 8, 1837 ; he d. May 12, 1834.
233 Deacon Elisha Edwards, b. Oct. 23, 1758; m. about 1792, Anna
Bates, b. Feb. 13, 1760, d. Nov. 10, 1826 ; he d. Nov. 17, 1832. He
was father of Prof. Bela B. Edwards.
234 Nancy Edwards, b. Jan. 4, 1761 : d. Sept. 1, 1777.
235 AsENATH Edwards, b. Sept., 1767; d. Sept. 9, 1777.
5th gen. Children of Noah and Jerusha Ediaards, (225):
236 Noah Edwards, b. 1750.
237 Justin Edwards, bp. Aug. 1. 1752; m.
238 Simeon EDWAtos, bp. Nov 17, 1754; d. July 16, 1830.
239 Benjamin Alvord Edwards, bp. Jan. 23, 1757.
240 Jerusha Edwards, bp. Feb., 1759; m. 1779, Joseph Warner, son of
Daniel Warner and Jemima Wright.
241 Eli Edwards, b. 1760.
242 Vester Edwards, b. 1763.
243 Eunice Edwards, b. 1768.
51 DEACON JOSEPH POMEROY, {Joseph, Eltzueed), b. Dec. 20,
1695, Windsor, Conn. ; m. Aug. 20, 1727, Sarah Bebee, who d.
Sept. 3, 1728; he m. (2) Dec. 25, 1728, Elizabeth Randall. Lived
at New Haven, Conn., and Boston, to which colony his father had
preceded him. Tailor. Res. also, Yarmouth, Maine.
jth gen. Child by ist wife:
244 Daughter Pomeroy, b. Feb. 29, 1728 ; d. Dec, 1729.
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Children by 2d wife:
245 SaIl-vh Pomeroy, b. Aug. 17, 1731.
246 Joseph Pomeroy, b. Jan. 30, 1733. +
247 Hannah Pomeroy, b. April 26, 1734.
248 Abigail Pomeroy, b. Jan. 2, 1736.
"Several other children."
52 HANNAH POMEROY, {Joseph, Eltzceed), h. April 22. 1698; m.
May 9, 1721, John Northam, who d. 1740; she m. (2) Sept. 2, 1740,
Joseph Foote, (his second wife).
4th gen. Children:
249 Hannah Northam^ b. June 6, 1722; d. young.
250 Lurana Northam, b. ^lay 25, 1723; m. Xoah Pomeroy (271),
son of Noah Pomeroy and wife, Elizabeth Sterling.
251 Hannah Northam, b. 'May 29, 1724.
252 John Northam, b. March 29, 1725 ; d. 1740.
253 Sar.\h Northam, b. Aug. 6. 1726.
254 Ruhama Northam, b. Oct. 15,. 1727; m. Sept. 14, 1749, Jeremiah
Foote, son of Joseph Foote (who m. Hannah Northam as his 2d
wife) and Ann Clotliin, b. Oct. 11, 1725, d. May 15, 1784; she d.
Feb. 8, 1809.
255 Ann Northam (twin with Ruhama), b. Oct. 15, 1727.
256 Elizabeth Northam, b. April 20, 1729.
257 Abigail Northam, b. Aug. 23, 1731.
258 Katharine Northam, b. April 13, 1733.
259 Experience Northam, b. April 13, 1733, (twin with Katharine).
5th gen. Children of Ruhama and Jeremiah Foote, (2^4):
260 Ambrose Foote, bp. and d. April 11, 1750.
261 Ambrose Foote, b. July 15, 1751.
262 Betty Foote, b. Jan., 1753; m. April 3, 1777, (her cousin) Joseph
Foote, son of Hosea.
263 Stephen Foote, b. 1755.
264 Uzziel Foote, b. 1757.
265 Jeremiah Foote, bp. Jan. 21, 1759.
266 Ruhama Foote, b. Oct. 15, 1760.
267 Ann Foote, b. June 13, 1762.
268 Hannah Foote, b. April 4, 1766.
269 Martin Foote, b. ; d. ; unm.
270 Esther Foote, bp. Oct. 27, 1771 ; m. Sept. 29, 1791, Joseph Taylor
of Colchester.
53 NOAH P0:MER0Y, {Joseph, Elfweed), h. May 19, 1700, Windsor,
Conn.; m. Dec. 16, 1724, Elizabeth Sterling of Lyme, Conn., b. April
18, 1700, d. Sept. 30, 1779, dau. of Capt. Daniel Sterling and Mary
Fenwick, (widow of Richard Ely, w^ho were m. June 6, 1699). He
was a leader in public affairs, and Deacon of the First Church in
Somers, Conn., to which place they moved from Colchester in 1751;
he d. in Somers, Feb. 16, 1779,
(BtmnlG^}^ of li]^ Pnm^rng iFmtnlg 104
4th gen. Children:
271 Noah Pomeroy, b. Oct. 8, 1725 ; m. +
272 Daniel Pomeroy, b. Oct. 13, 1727. +
273 Elizabeth Pomeroy, b. 1729, +
274 John Pomeroy, b. Aug. 12, 1733, in Somers. +
275 Elijah Pomeroy, b. ^Nlarch 9, 1735; joined the expedition to
Havana, Aug. 29, 1762. This was an aggression made by England
against Spain after the capture of Quebec from the French in
1759. A large portion of the troops for this enterprise (4,000),
were drawn from Massachusetts and Connecticut, and they arrived
before Havana, June 6, 1762. Havana was captured by the New
Englanders, Aug. 14, 1762, with small loss in battle on the part of
the Colonists, but sickness made great havoc in their ranks, Elijah
d. there from the evils of war and climate.
276 Joshua Pomeroy, b. Feb. 27, 1737. +
277 Samuel Pomeroy, b. about 1739; was with his brother Elijah, in
the expedition to Havana, Aug. 29, 1762; he d. there in 1762,
from the hardships of the campaign.
••
"And thou shall speak unto the Children
of Israel, saying, If a man die and have no
son then you shall cause his inheritance to
go unto his daughter." — Numbers.
54 EXPERIENCE POMEROY, (John, Medad, Eltweed), b, Oct. 8,
1685, Northampton; m. Jan. 2, 1706, Deacon Ebenezer Lyman, b.
1682, of Northampton, later of Durham and Torrington. He was
representative for Durham 1737; d. at Torrington, 1762.
5th gen. Children:
278 Moses Lyman, b. Sept., 1706; m. Jan. 10, 1733, Ruth Hickox,
who d. Aug. 12, 1734; he m. (2) June, 1735, Ruth Gaylord, who. d.
Aug. 21, 1751; m. (3) Sarah ; he had removed to South-
ington, Ct,, and was admitted to the Congregational church; Sarah
d. there Jan. 28, 1765 ; he. d. March 3, 1796. +
279 Experience Lyman, b. and d. in Northampton, 1708.
280 Ebenezer Lyman, b. Sept. 20, 1709; m. Elizabeth Seward, dau. of
Noadiah, about 1733, d. soon, s. p. ; m. (2) about 1734, Sarah ;
settled in Torrington, 1737 ; purchased a large tract of land, on which
a fort was built to which settlers resorted at night ; tilled their farms
with guns by their side; he d. April 1, 1753, Torrington, Conn. +
281 Stephen Lyman, b. May 14, 1711; d. Feb. 22, 1712.
282 Experience Lyman, b. Dec. 25, 1712, Northampton ; d. Nov. 20,
1730.
283 Mindwell Lyman, b. July 11, 1714; m. Oct. 29, 1741, Jacob Strong,
Jr. +
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284 John Lyman, b. 1717; m. Sept. 13, 1739, Hope Hawley, dau. of
Jehiel Hawlev and Hope Stow of Middletown ; he d y63 ^
285 Hannah Lyman, bp. June 30, 1723. Durham: m. March 20, 1749,
A<=ahel Strong, son of Jacob and Abigail (Bissell) Strong, b. May
7, 1715, d. Nov. 15, 1776; she d. Feb. 19, 1771, Tornngton, Conn. +
6th gen. Child of Moses and Ruth Lyman, (278):
286 Moses\yman, b. Jan. 20, 1734; d. March 17, 1734.
Children bv 2d zvife:
287 Ruth Lyman, b. March 23, 1736; m. Feb. 2, 1758 Samuel Wood-
ruff of Southington, d. Julv 7, 1816; she d. Aug. 9, 1829.
288 Moses Lyman, bp. Feb. 13, 1743; m. Abigail Blackston (his second
wife) ; he d. 1812.
289 Sarah Lyman, bp. Jan. 6, 1745.
290 Lois Lyman, bp. Feb. 15, 1747.
291 Hannah Lyman, bp. July 3, 1749.
292 Noah Lyman, bp. Oct. 13, 1751.
293 Phineas Lyman, bp. May 4, 1755.
Child by 3d wife:
294 Sarah Lyman, bp. July 16, 1756.
Last seven children bp. in Southington, Conn.
Children of Ebeneser and Sarah Lyman, (280):
295 Caleb Lyman, b. 1747; m. (1) Hannah Loomis, by whom he had
five children; m. (2) Mrs. Delight Marsh, by whom he had one
child. , , TVT u -7
296 Ebenezer Lyman, b. March 17, 1750; m. Ann ; d. March 7,
1813; she d. March 14. 1813.
297 Sarah Lyman, m. Joel Wetmore.
298 Esther Lyman, m. Nehemiah Lewis.
299 Ruth Lyman, m. Ashbel North.
300 Rhoda Lyman, m. Nathaniel Hayden.
301 Mary Lyman, m. Mr. Tuttle, and settled in Windsor, Conn.
6th gen. Children of Mindzvell and Jacob Strong, (283):
302 Mindwell Strong, b. July 28, 1742.
302.1 Experience Strong, b. and d. Aug. 13, 1743. , , r t-
303 Abigail Strong, b. Jan. 27, 1745; m. Ebenezer Stoddard of lor-
rington.
304 Experience Strong, b. IMarch 28, 1749. ,
305 Elizabeth Strong, b. Sept. 10, 1755 ; d. Jan. 2, 1756.
306 Mary Strong, b. July 2, 1757; m. March 23, 1775, Richard Leach;
she d. April 19, 1791. He was a Rev. soldier ; d. July 6, 1827.
Children of John and Hope Lyman, (284) :
307 John Lyman, b. 1740; d. young.
308 Catherine Lyman, bp. at Durham, Nov. 8, 1741 ; m. Lot Benton of
Guilford. ^ Ti^r xTT-ii-
309 Hannah Lyman, b. at Durham, June 19, 1743; m. Rev. Mr. Wilhs-
ton of West Haven.
310 John Lyman, bp. Jan, 13, 1744-5 ; d. young.
311 David Lyman, b. Jan. 6, 1746; m. May 20. 1777, Sarah Comstock
of Norwalk; he was selectman and Colonel of militia; she d. Feb.
28, 1835; he d. Feb. 28, 1815.
312 Esther Lyman, b. Feb, 17, 1749; m, Mr. Beecher; was mother of
Dr. Lyman Beecher.
313 Elihu Lyman, b, about 1751 ; physician; m. and left children, Alfred
and Maria ; d. at the south.
314 Phineas Lyman.
Children of Hannah and Asahcl Strong, (28 j) :
315 Asahel Strong, b. April 17, 1750; m. Feb. 5, 1776, Martha Barber,
dau. of David; he d. Jan. 6, 1831, Peru, N. Y. ; she d. July 12, 1820.
316 Hannah Strong, b. Nov. 30, 1753; m. John Miner, of Winchester,
Conn.
317 Dorcas Strong, b. Feb. 27, 1758; m. Hezekiah Beecher of Bethle-
hem.
318 Chloe Strong, b. Dec, 4. 1763 ; m. David Holmes of Russell, Mass.
319 David Strong, b. May 31, 1768,
65 CAPT. JOHN POMEROY, (Ebenecer, Medad, Eltiveed), b. April
1, 1695, Northampton; m. May 29, 1718, Rachel Sheldon, dau. of
Thomas Sheldon (Isaac) and ilary Hinsdale, b, 1701. He took an
active part in an Indian conflict designated as Father Rale's war,
and was Lieutenant in Capt. Kellogg's command, at the time stationed
at Northfield and Deerfleld, England and France, it is said, took
no part in this war, the Indians being incited by the Jesuits to over-
run and murder the colonists. Massachusetts and New Hampshire
only were actively engaged in hostilities with the tribes, inhabiting
what is now the state of Maine. Though open hostilities were in prog-
ress but four years, and principally involved the far eastern section of
the province, there was also universal alarm along the western frontier,
and the valley towns were under constant apprehension. The History
of Northampton says that "Fort Drummer, (where Lieut. John
Pomeroy was stationed) was an outpost, headquarters of observation,
from which scouting parties were sent in all directions, and as Indians
were thought to be expert in that service an attempt was made to
engage them but with negative results." The Indian chief. Gray
Lock, was perhaps the most active in these depredations. Reports
that bands of Indians were seen in various directions were frequent,
and the utmost vigilance was required to secure the settlers against
surprise and massacre. He was also with the Northampton men
at Forts Massachusetts and No, 4 during the attack by the French
and Indians under Sieur Baptiste Boucher de Niverville, and after
three days of continuous fighting the enemy were driven off. Bancroft
says: "Among the gallant soldiers who successfully repulsed the
enemy, were several men from Northampton: Lieut. William Lyman
was second in command, Noah Clapp, John Birge, John Pomeroy,
Ithamar Strong and Zadoc Danks," Mrs. Pomeroy died April 22,
1774; he d, June 4, 1736.
§th gen. Children:
320 John Pomeroy, b. Sept. 6, 1719; d. young.
321 EusHA PoMEROY, b. Jan. 29, 1721. +
322 RACHEL PoMEROY, b. April 14, 1723. +
323 Simeon Pomeroy, b. May 3, 1726; d. young.
. 324 Elizabeth Pomeroy. b. Jan. 27, 1727 ; d. young.
325 John Pomeroy, b. about 1728. +
326 Oliver Pomeroy, b. 1729. +
327 Titus Pomeroy, b. Sept. 14, 1731 ; d. Feb. 14, 1732.
328 Eunice Pomeroy. bp. Aug. 7, 1734; m. April 26, 1758, Col. James
'Easton, Litchfield, Ct. He was with Ethan Allen in his attack on
Fort Ticonderoga.
329 Titus Pomeroy, bp. Oct. 19, 1736. 4- -
66 EBENEZER POMEROY, (Ebencaer, Mcdad, Eltzceed), b. Sept.
18. 1697, Northampton; m. April 26, 1722, Elizabeth Hunt, b. March
2, 1701, d. June 10, 1782, dau, of Jonathan (Jonathan, John) Hunt
and Martha Williams; he d. April 22, 1774."
^th gen. Children:
330 Ebe'nezer Pomeroy, b. May 1, 1723.' + -
331 Elizabeth Pomeroy, b. Jan. 27, 1727; d. Feb. 3. 1727.
332 Elizabeth Pomeroy, b. March 3, 1729; m. (1) Elisha Hawley; m.
(2) Phineas Lyman, b. about 1725, son of Lieut. Gideon Lyman and
wife Esther Strong, (Phineas Lyman had previously m. Joanna
Eastman, who was the mother of his three children.)
333 Stephen Pomeroy, b. July 13, 1732. + ~
334 Hem an Pomeroy, b. June 27, 1734. +
335 Ethan Pomeroy, b. Jan. 22, _1735-6; d. Jan. 26, _1736:
336: : Estber Pomeroy, b. Aug. 7, 1737. +
67 :SAR\H POMEROY, {Ebencser, Medad, Eltzveed), b. Sept. 5, 1700,-
Northampton; m. Dec. 12, 1721, _Capt. Noah Wright, b. Nov. 29,
1699, d. June 27. 1775, son of Ebenezer Wright and Hannah Hunt;
she.d. April 3, 1777.
5th -gen. Children:
337 Selah Wright/ b. Sept. 24, 1722; m. Esther Lyman; d. Dec. 17,
1786; she d. Aug. 11, 1815, ae. 90.
338 Caleb Wright, m. Sarah Strong.
339 Dr. Elihu Wright, m. Rachel Sprague; settled at New Marl-,
borough, Mass. ; d. Oct.^ 1776, at White Plains. +
340 Katharine Wright, b. Oct. 7, 1728; m. Jan. 3, 1754," Seth Lyman t
d. at Norwich, Mass.
341 Mary Wright, bp. Nov. 17, 1734; m. (1) Feb. 8, 1759, Joel Hunt;:
m. (2) 1782, Benjamin Clark; d. Jan. 28, 1805.
342" Noah Wright, b. Jan. 11, 1736; settled at New Marlborough. .
343 Elisha Wright, b, April 8, 1739; d. Dec. 2, 1802; unm.
344 Joel Wright, b. Jan. 28, 1744; m. Ursula Moseley ; d. June 24,.i796.
6th gen. Children of Elihu and Rachel Wright, (239) '■
3.44.1 Elisha Wright. ,,o^^n j-
344.2 Elihu Wright, Jr., m. Mary Pomeroy, (1207). "f
344.3 Augustus Wright.
344.4 Rachel Wright, m. Frederick Boyden.
344.5 Pamelia Wright, m. Eliakim Oapp of Chester.
69 ENSIGN JOSIAH POMEROY, {Ebenezer, Medad, Eltweed), b.
Dec 29 1703, Northampton; m. Nov. 9, 1731, Lydia Ashley, b. June
28, 1710, d. Dec. 19, 1772, dau. of Lieut. Jonathan Ashley and Abigail
Stebbins of Westfield, Mass. ; he lived at Blackpole, on the plain,
and on Jan. 2, 1736, his house was burned; his brother Seth after-
wards had the land in part; he was a weaver by trade; his estate
was settled in 1789.
^th gen. Children:
345 Adino Pomeroy, b. Sept. 22, 1732. +
346 Eleazer Pomeroy, b. Oct. 17, 1734. +
347 Shammah Pomeroy. b. Oct. 24, 1736. +
348 Lucy Pomeroy, b. Feb. 15, 1739. +
349 Josiah Pomeroy, b. July 21, 1741. +
350 Eunice Pomeroy, b. Sept. 8, 1743. +
351 Dorothy Pomeroy, b. Feb. 2, 1745. +
352 Benjamin Pomeroy, b. March 10, 1747. +
353 Jonathan. Pomeroy, b. Feb. 26, 1749 ; d. Oct. 4, 1791, Williamsburg.
Mass.
70 GENERAL SETH POMEROY, {Eheneser, Medad, Eltweed), b.
May 20, 1706, Northampton; m. Dec. 14, 1732, Mary Hunt, b. Nov.
14, 1705, d. Sept. 11, 1777, dau. of Jonathan (Jonathan, John) Hunt
and Martha Williams, (dau. of Samuel Williams and Rhoda Park) ;
he d. at Peekskill, N. Y., Feb. 19, 1777, to which place he had led
the Northampton troops to join General Washington's army on the
Hudson. His boyhood and youth was largely occupied in learning
the trade of his fathers, and he had established an armory and man-
ufactured guns on a large scale, which were of excellent finish and
in great demand by the colonists, provincial troops and Indians. He
was a typical Pomeroy, large of heart, with indomitable will, sensi-
tive in feeling, sound of judgment with high and serene religious
principles ; he had the courage, fortitude, business capacity, and regard
for law and good government which characterize the race.
5th gen. Children:
354 Rev. Seth Pomeroy, b. Sept. 26, 1733. +
355 Quartus Pomeroy, b. May 14, 1735. +
356 Medad Pomeroy, b. Nov. 14, 1736. +
357 Lemuel Pomeroy, b. Sept. 24, 1738. +
358 M.\RTHA Pomeroy, b. Aug. 12, 1740. + '
359 Mary Pomeroy, b. Aug. 6, 1742. +
360 Sarah Pomeroy, b. June 17, 1744. + .;:..-.
MntwmrnJ to ^ajor-C^rnrral ^ptl] ^omrroy
The memorial is a polished granite shaft of the Roman-
Doric order, standing- on a base which rests on a pedestal
four feet square. The capital of the column is surmounted
bv a polished ball or apple, which is twenty-eight feet from
the ground. The entire stone weighs twenty-two tons. The
shaft is of Quincy granite, the base of white Vermont granite,
and the ball or apple of dark red New Brunswick granite. With
appropriate ceremonies, conducted by the Sons of the Revo-
lution in New York, it was unveiled on June IT, 1S9S. the 123d
anniversary of the battle of Bunker Hill. The inscriptions are:
FRONT
"General Seth Pomeroy
'Born at Northampton. Mass.,
•May 20. 1706.
'Died near this spot Feb. 19,
1777."
RIGHT
"Ensign. 1743.
"Captain, 1744.
"Major, at Louisbourg, 1745.
"Colonel at Lake George, 1755.
"Brigadier-General, 1775.
"Bunker Hill, 1775."
REAR
"Erected by the
■Sons of the Revolution,
"In the State of New York,
"In the year 1898."
LEFT
"Peekskill, N. Y. Feby. 11,
1777.
"T go cheerfully, for I am
sure the cause we are en-
gaged in is just, and the call
I have to it is clear and the
call of God.
•'Seth Pomeroy."
r
/'^B
"^
Erected at Peekskill-on-the-Hudson by the Sons of the Revolution in
New York
IBB JFourll) ^gtt^rattun - Bthuh
361 Son Pomeroy, b. and d. Feb., 1747.
362 AsAHEL PoMEROY, b. Dec. 1, 1749. +
Drakes's Dictionary of American Biography says of Gen. Seth Pome-
roy: "He was engaged while young in military duties. Captain in 1744;
Major at the capture of Louisbourg in 1745; in 1755 he was Lieutenant-
Colonel in William's regiment, from whose death he was chief commander
in the battle with Baron Dieskau. His regiment was the most prominent
in the engagement and suffered most in gaining the victory at Lake George.
He was a delegate to the Provincial Congress'in 1744-5 ;'in October, 1774,
he was chosen with Preble and Ward, a general officer, and in Februarv.
1775, a Brigadier-General. He fought as a private soldier at Bunker
Hill, and was in the hottest of the fight. His appointment as Senior Brig-
adier-General by Congress a few days after, causing some difference in the
adjustment of questions of rank, he retired to his farm and twent\'-eight
days later resigned. In the following year, however, when New Jersey was.
overrun by the enemy, he headed the militia of his county, and marched
to the Hudson river. He was an ingenious and skillful mechanic and manu-
facturer of arms, and a zealous and devoted patriot." See "Pomeroy Men
in the Revolution" in the Addenda to this volume for services of jNIajo'r-Gen-
eral Seth Pomeroy.
It is asserted by many writers that tlie press and general public receive
more willingly references to the military renown of a successful general than
of the interests which pertain to the activities of the civilian, during the period
of the Revolution. It will, however, be remembered that in every land, before
the citizen can follow the peaceful pursuits, the first requisite is the military
officer with his troops equipped for war. It will not be denied that men
with military genius were in demand in the early days of the Colonies; and
it was soon demonstrated that General Seth Pomeroy possessed many of the
necessary qualifications of a leader of men in battle; a man of forceful char-
acter, executive ability and experience in warfare, with large resources at
command, fearless in the exercise of his duty, and a strong reliance upon the
providence of the Almighty for good.
He inherited the family traits of character, and the family business
of making guns. He employed many smiths, and manufactured large numbers
of guns, whose accuracy and finish won commendation for the product of his
armory from every colony of pioneers. And the Indians on the far northern lakes
made persistent efforts to gain possession of a "Pomeroy gun." The Pomeroy
armory continued to supply the colonists with guns for six generations as
his descendants carried forward the business after the death of General Seth
Pomeroy, or until the Springfield Armory was established by the United
States government.
During the years of the French and Indian wars Gen. Seth Pomeroy de-
voted much of his time and attention to laying out and constructing the great
highways from the Connecticut Valley into Berkshire county, and over the
hills to Albany, which he had considered as a military necessity. He also took
an important part in all those wars between the colonists and their Canadian
neighbors, and the savages acting under the influence of the Jesuit priests.
Acting under commissions under the hand and seal of Governor Shirley,
Captain-General of the Province of Massachusetts Bay, he also engaged in
erecting a line of forts along the northern frontier of the province.
In 1714, the French commenced to build a fort at Louisbourg, on the
island of Cape Briton, to be the "greatest fortress on earth," to menace and
command the New World. Over thirty million livres were expended by
France, "and all the energies and resources of her government for twenty
years" were devoted to its completion. "It was the greatest fortress in the
world in its time. The harbor was guarded by a battery of thirty twenty-
eight pounders on Goat Island and by the Royal battery of thirty heavy
guns, which raked the entrances." In 1745, Seth Pomeroy accepted a com-
mission as Major of Artillery, and it was with the above guns he had to
do. The land and harbor sides of the town were defended by lines of ramparts
and bastions on which eighty guns were mounted; the West Gate being Bup-
ported by a battery of twenty-four pounders.
The lofty citadel was in the gorge of the King's bastion. This "greatest
fortress of modern times," which was considered impregnable, was the base
for the equipment of marauding bands of French and Indians for the purpose
of harassing and driving from their homes, the colonists of New England.
One can scarcely conceive, then, the impulse of splendid audacity which
prompted 4,000 New England home-makers to march up to that fortress and
lay siege to it, feebly assisted by Warren's West Indies fleet.
On May 8, 1745, Major Seth Pomeroy wrote to his wife: "The Grand
Battery is ours! Before we entered it the people had fled out of it, and gone
over to the town, but had stopped up the touch-holes of the cannon. General
Pepperell gave me the oversight of some twenty smiths in boring them out.
Cannon balls and bombs were fired from the city and the island fort into our
midst, but when we could get the cannon clear we gave them fire for fire from
their own guns."
In reply, his wife writes: "* * * The whole town is much moved
with concern for the expedition, how Providence will order the affair, for
which religious meetings every week in town are maintained. My dear
husband, I leave you in the hands of God, desiring to submit to His will, what-
ever it may be."
(Signed) "MARY POMEROY."
The capture of those great guns, and their destructive fire against the
enemy heralded the downfall of the great fortress. On June 15, 1745, after
a siege of thirty days, Louisbourg with its all but impregnable fortress was
reduced; and was surrendered by its commander. Governor Duchambon, to
a force of less than four thousand colonial militia. An entry in Major Seth
Pomeroy 's journal says:
"Commodore Warren saith, that if the King of England had known its
strength he would not have sent less than twenty ships of the line and ten
thousand regular forces to attack Louisbourg."
During this period Major Seth Pomeroy held several offices of trust in
the service of the colony, although at intervals he was called upon to muster
recruits and march to the Vermont frontier to repel expected invasions from
Canada. He had several commissions from Governor Shirley, Captain-General
and GrOvernor-in-Ghief and over His Majesty's Possessions of Massachusetts
Bay in New England, etc., the originals of which are in the possession of
George Eltweed Pomeroy, of Toledo, Ohio, a great-great-grandson.
There were comparatively few alarms of w-ar for ten years following the
capture of Louisburg, to call Major Seth Pomeroy into the field, but during
that time the French settlements had been gradually encroaching upon our
frontiers and measures were taken in 1755 to protect the colonists against
Indian depredations, and an expedition was organized against Crown Point,
commanded by Sir William Johnson. Of the contingent furnished by Massa-
chusetts, Seth Pomeroy held the rank of lieutenant-colonel, and after the
death of Colonel Williams early in the engagement, he took over the command
as ranking oflScer and defeated Baron Dieskau after a conflict lasting several
hours. General Dieskau was wounded and taken prisoner, and his army
routed after a loss of more than one thousand men. After this battle Seth Pome-
roy received a commission as colonel, vice Williams killed in battle. On another
page will be found an etching of this document. The reader, although con-
versant with all the episodes of this Lake George engagement, will perhaps
find the appended report interesting as it was written by:
-■'1
"Lake George, Sept 9, 1755.
"Honored and Dear Sir:
"Yesterday was a memorable day. I being the only field ofiicer in Col.
Ephraim Williams' regiment supposed to be living, think it my duty to let
you know what happened on the 8th of this instant, which was yesterday.
This forenoon, until two of the clock havicLS been spent in council, and many
letters to be written, I must be excused for my shortness and imperfections.
"On the Sabbath, just at night, we had news that a large body of men
marched up Wood creek southwardly. Supposing that they intended to cut
off our wagons, or attack the Fort at the carrying place, we sent on Monday
morning about 1200 men, near 200 of them being Indians, commanded by Col.
Williams, Col. Whiting, and Col. Cole of Rhode Island, to attack them. Whit-
ing was in the middle, Cole bringing up the rear, and Old Hendrick, King of
the Six Nations, before with Col. Williams. When they had advanced about
three miles the guns began to fire. It was then between 10 and 11 of the
clock. We put ourselves into as good a position of defense as we could, not
knowing but what our men would retreat and bring the enemy upon us. To
our great surprise it was not long before they retreated. Those who came
first were bringing wounded men with them, and others soon flocked in by
hundreds, a perpetual fire being kept up and drawing nearer and nearer, till
nearly 12 of the clock, when the enemy came in sight.
"The regulars marched, as near as I could tell, about six deep and nearly
twenty rods in length, in close order, the Indians and Canadians at the last
wing helter-skelter, the woods being full of them. They came within about twenty
rods and fired in regular platoons, but we soon broke their order by firing our
field pieces at them. The Indians and Canadians directly took trees within
handy gun shot. They fought with undaunted courage till about 5 of the clock in
the afternoon, when we got the ground. I cannot tell our loss nor the loss of
the enemy yet with any certainty. As soon as they retreated, I ran out upon
the ground before where I stood to fight and found ten dead and three
wounded. Among these last was the General of the French army and his Aide,
whom I ordered carried to my tent. He came with the sure assurance to lodge
in our tents that night, and to his great surprise, he did, but, blessed be God,
as a wounded captive.
"Col. Williams was shot dead in a moment, and before he had time to fire
his gun. Capt. Hawley was also shot mortally before he fired his gun. My
brother. Lieutenant Daniel Pomeroy*, I have an account of as being well till
the army retreated. He asked, 'What: are we going to run?' 'Yes,' it was said.
i .< 'Well,' he replied, 'I will give them one more shot before I run.' Further of
him I do not hear. Our people are out burying their dead now; when they
return I can give a more particular account. We design to make a stand here
until we have a sufficient reinforcement. What number that must be I can not
now tell, but it is sure the enemy still intend to stop us before we get to
Crown Point.
"The French General saith, that 'if we give them one more such a dressing.
Crown Point and all their country will be ours.' They however intend to put
a stop to that. But I hope to God they will be disappointed, for I judge,
humanly speaking, that all depends on this expedition. Therefore, I pray
God would fire the breasts of this people with a true zeal and noble, generous
spirit to the help of the Lord against the mighty. And I trust that those who
value our holy religion and our liberties, will spare nothing, even to the one-
half of their estates. General Johnson was shot in the thigh, but the bone
was no<t broken. Major-General Lyman was not injured. Both behaved with
steadiness and resolution.
"I desire the prayers of God's people for us, that we may not turn our
♦His dead body was recovered and brought in later in the day.
(iftt^alngij of Ihp 5?omrrog iFamUg ITZ
backs upon our enemies, but stand and make a glorious defence for ourselves
and our country.
"From your most obedient, humble servant,
(Signed) "SETH POMEROY."
To the Earl of Lincoln, who had demanded to know of him in 1756,
"Whether the troops, raised by the several Colonies, would act in conjunction
with His Majesty's forces, according to his Majesty's command," he replied:
"Yes; but only upon the condition that the terms agreed upon by the several
governments should not be altered." And this reply was prophetic. Less than
twenty years later came the great struggle for colonial liberty involved in the
question and reply, and Major-General Seth Pomeroy was found at the front.
Colonel Seth Pomeroy's commissions under the name and authority of
the King of England made it necessary for him to take the oath of abjuration
when he was appointed by the Colonial Congress First-Brigadier-General in
the Colonial Army.
71 LIEUT. DANIEL POMEROY, {Eheneser, Medad, Elhueed), b.
March 27, 1709, Northampton; m. (1) May 25, 1733, Mary Clapp,
b. Sept. 21, 1713, d. June 6, 1734, dan. of Samuel Clapp (Preserved,
Captain Roger) of Northampton and Mary Sheldon (his third wife),
who was dau. of Ensign John Sheldon of Deerfield ; Mary Sheldon,
mother of Mary Clapp was a captive to the Indians who attacked
Deerfield, Feb. 29, 1704, and taken to Canada, where she remained a
prisoner three years; he m. (2) Nov. 4, 1736, Rachel Moseley*,
b. 1715, dau. of Joseph and Abigail Moseley ; she survived him and
m. Lieut. Moses Dewey of Westfield, June 9, 1763 ; she d. Feb. 1,
1797, in Northampton, ae. 82 years. Lieut. Daniel Pomeroy was in
Col. Williams' regiment, with his brother, Lieutenant-Colonel Seth
Pomeroy, and was killed at the Battle of Lake George, Sept. 8, 1755,
in the assault on the position of the French and Indians under com-
mand of Baron Dieskau, who was afterwards defeated and captured
by Col. Seth. Pomeroy.
^th gen. Child by ist wife:
363 Pliny Pomeroy, b. May 19, 1734. +
Children by 2d wife:
364 Major Daniel Pomeroy, b. Nov. 3, 1737. +
365 Abigail Pomeroy, b. Sept. 19, 1739. +
366 Abishai Pomeroy, b. June 11, 1741 : d. Ian. 21, 1742.
367 Timothy Pomeroy, b. April 16, 1742. +
368 R^\CHEL Pomeroy, b. Jan. 14, 1744-45 ; m. as his second wife,
Quartus, (355), son of Gen. Seth Pomeroy and wife Mary Hunt. +
369 Jerusha Pomeroy, b. March 7, 1746-47. -r
370 William Pomeroy, b. May 8, 1750. +
371 Eleanor Pomeroy, b. Oct. 20, 1752. +
372 Justin Pomeroy, b. July 20, 1755 ; d. 1790.
i *Rachel Moseley's ancestor, Lieut. John Moseley, was one of the "Foun-
< dation men" of the First Church in Westfield, Mass., as were Quartermaster
' George Colton and Lieut. Thomas Cooper of Springfield, and Major Benjamin
] Newberry of Connecticut. They all took part in King Philip's War. Lieut.
j Cooley was slain in the Indian attack on Springfield in 1675. John Moseley
i (Mandesley), who settled in Dorchester, was ancestor of most of the Moseleys
Hn the United States.
IZ3 3F0urtI| (B^mtntwn - ^^hvih
Lake George, Sept 11, 1755.
Dear Sister:
This brings heavy tidings. But let not your heart sinque at the news the it
be your loss of a Dear Husband. Monday the 8 instant was a memorable day, and
truly you may say had not the Lord been on our side we must all ben swallowed
up. My Brother being one that went out in the iirst engagement after fighting a
considerable time, received a fatal shot through the middle of head. Yesterday I
went out with 3 or 400 men to bury the dead & gather up what was left. We
buried a hundred & thirty six of our men; there is now about 20 more. Some
we have buried here in the camp, one we brot in alive with the back part of his
scull cut off, and his brains naked, had set there until that time & is alive yet, but
I suppose is not possible he can live. Sister pray this awful Providence may be
sanctified to you & your children's everlasting good, and I pray God to have mercy
on your poor Fatherless children, and may you have wisdom & providence to train
them up in the way of Virtue and Religion, so they may be blessings in the world
& may it please God to continue their lives and that we may all be put in mind
of our own frailt>' & mortality so that we may be ready for our turn. We must
all in a little time be numbered with the dead. I shall take care of Bros, things if
God gives opportunity.
Your Loving Bro.
Seth Pomekoy.
Mrs. Rachel Pomeroy.
Springfield, Long M. Sept 22, 1755.
Dear & Loving Sister:
I was very sensibly touched when I heard of the surprising news of the death
of your dear and desirable consort, highly valued, esteemed & respected by me.
who has left a most precious name among you, and doubtless in the army where
he lately resided & fell, bravely fighting in the defence of his King & Country, his
Relations & dear family and all our valuable interests, & altho his death may to you
appear atended with pecuhar agravations in that he died from home, by the hand of
cruel enemies, instantly destructed from a state of health & activity into Eternity — yet
surely he died in a bed of honor & I hope is gone to the peaceful realms of light &
glory, where there will be no more war, nor fightings through an endless Eternity.
Dear Madam you must not sorrow as one that has no hope. The God of the Widow
and Father of the Fatherless Bless you & your dear children. There is many
families through the land at this day in your circumstances. Particularly Left Burt
my dear friend and Nabor, died in the same bed of honor with your dear Husband
& has left a sorrowfuU wife and 4 children. The Lord bless you all and particularly
give you & yours all the consolation & comfort of his Holy Spirit you stand in
need of under this heavy stroke of His holy hand. My love to you & your dear
children. My family in usual health. I am.
Your afT. & sympathising Bro.
Jonathan Stebbins.
72 THANKFUL POMEROY, {Eheneser, Medad, Eltweed), b. July
} 12, 1713, Northampton; m. June 22, 1738, Gad Lyman, b. Feb. 13,
1813, d. Oct. 24, 1791, Goshen, Mass., son of John and Mindwell
Lyman; she d. Aug. 12, 1790. Resided, Goshen, Mass.
5th gen. Children:
373 Capt. Oliver Lyman, b. April 1, 1739; m. about 1760, Eleanor
Lyman, dau. of Joseph ; lived at Northampton until 1767, after which
date they moved to Charlotte, Vt. ; both died there. +
374 Jerusha Lyman, b. Nov. 18, 1740: m. Hon. John Phelps of West-
field, son of Lieut. John Phelps; gr. Yale College, 1759; she d. Oct.
1, 1768; he m. (2) 1777, Mercy Moseley; he d. May 10, 1802. +
375 Thankful Lyman, b. June 9, 1742; m. Alexander Grant; she d.
Sept. 9, 1770, at Northampton.
376 Lieut. Timothy Lyman, b. July 4, 1745; m. Hannah Colson, b.
Nov. 20, 1743. Boston, Alass., d. Feb. 7, 1818; he. d. at Goshen,
Mass., Feb. 23, 1818. +
377 Eunice Lyman, b. May 27, 1747; m. (1) Rev. Mr. Mills; m. (2)
Mr. Southworth.
378 Tryphena Lyman, b. April 30. 1749; m. (1) Samuel Williams; m.
(2) Timothy Button of Northfield.
6th gen. Children of Oliver and Eleanor Lyman, (373):
379 Abigail Lyman, b. April 18, 1762; m. 1781, Ephraim Wooster of
Litchfield.
380 Charlotte Lyman, b. Nov. 22, 1763; m. June 14, 1785, Ezra Clark.
381 Gad Lyman, b. Aug. 23, 1766; m. Prudence Bill of Huntington,
Mass.
382 Oliver Lyman, b. May 31, 1768; d. 1793 in New Jersey; unm.
383 Medad Lyman, b. March 18, 1770; m. Anna Clapp, d. Dec. 13, 1802,
dau. of Benjamin Clapp of Easthampton, ^Mass. ; he m. (2) Dec. 5,
1805, Mrs. Olive Mead ; he. d. Feb. 5, 1813.
384 Jared Lyman, b. Sept. 6, 1772; m. Zeruiah Birch; moved to
Charlotte, Vt, thence to Bridgeport, where he d. Jan. 6, 1813.
385 Eleanor Lyman, b. June 26, 1775 ; d. 1777.
Children of Jerusha and John Phelps, (374):
386 John Phelps, b. Aug. 7, 1764; d. March 20, 1767.
387 John Phelps, b. June 15, 1767; gr. Harvard College, 1787; m.
Elizabeth Boies of Blandford, Mass. +
388 William Henricus Phelps, b. July 31, 1765.
Children of Timothy and Hannah Lyman, (376):
389 Thankful Lyman, b. May 6, 1771 ; d. 1777.
390 Jerusha Lyman, b. March 6, 1773; m. George Salmon; d. 1858-9
at Fulton, N. Y.
391 John Colson Lyman, b. Jan. 20, 1775; m. Nov. 7, 1799, Susan
Burgess, who d. June 26, 1800; m. (2) Nov. 7, 1827, (unknown) ; he
d. March 12, 1854.
392 Mary Lyman, b. Feb. 1, 1777 ; d. 1777.
393 William Lyman, b. Feb. 21, 1778; m. Dec. 18, 1792, Agnes Mitchell,
dau. of Hugh,
394 Timothy Lyman, b. Jan. 20, 1780; m. Hannah White, dau. of
William White; d. Dec. 26, 1831.
395 Francis Lyman, b. Feb. 3, 1781 ; m. (1) Helen Mitchell, dau. of
Hugh Mitchell; she d. May 26, 1831; he m. (2) April 10, 1839,
Lucinda Parsons, b. April 12, 1802; he d. July 5, 1851, Goshen, Mass.
396 Thomas Lyman, b. Feb. 12, 1783; m. 1812-13, Dorcas Smith of
Goshen ; he d. 1822.
397 Abigail Lyman, b. about 1788; m. Dr. Daniel Parce; d. March 1,
1868.
7th gen. Children of John and Elizabeth Phelps, (387) :
398 Melissa Phelps, b. Aug. 7, 1796; m. April 22, 1835, Silas Pratt
Wright, M. D., b. Jan. 26, 1794, d. March 27, 1858; she d. Feb.,
1880.
8th gen. Child of Melissa and Silas P. Wright, (398):
399 Elizabeth Phelps Wright, b. March 24, 1836; m. June 15, 1864,
Rev. WilHam Ely Boies, b. Jan. 27, 1823, Charleston, S. C, son of
Rev. Artemus Boies and wife Abigail Ely.
400 Silas Pratt Wright, b. June 28, 1839.
pth gen. Children of Elizabeth P. and Rev. William E. Boies,
(399) ■•
401 Elizabeth Boies, b. May 1, 1865; m. Leon Jourolmon, Esq., Knox-
ville, Tenn., d. March 12, 1893, Knoxville, Tenn.
402 William Artemus Boies, b. April 10, 1871, Longmeadovv, Mass.;
physician at Knoxville, Tenn.
74 MEDAD POMEROY, (Joseph, Medad, Elt'i.'eed), b. July 18, 1695,
Northampton; m. Feb. 12, 1718, Hannah Trumbull, dau. of John
Trumbull and Elizabeth Winchell, and aunt of Gov. Jonathan
Trumbull of Connecticut, b. Oct. 2, 1697. In 1730, Medad was
constable of Sufifield, Conn., and received 20 shillings per year for
his services. He was fence-viewer in 1731-2; also, in 1739; sur-
veyor of highways in 1739, and selectman in 1741, 1742, 1744; and
assessor in 1743, in place of Noah Smith, deceased; also, assessor
at other times. At an anniversary town meeting of free holders
and other inhabitants of Sufheld to choose officers and for other
matters of concernment, March 5, 174f, Medad Pomeroy was chosen
Selectman ; also assessor. At a legal town meeting of the inhabitants
of Suffield, held Jan. 22, 1744, "1st, Medad Pomeroy was chosen
Moderator to order said meeting." At an anniversary town meeting
1744-5, "Medad Pomeroy was again chosen Moderator;" and "In
174| he was chosen Moderator." He served with distinction in
several engagements with the French and Indians. He d. June
11, 1767.
^th gen. Children b. in Suffield, Conn.:
403 Elizabeth Pomeroy, b. Feb. 20, 1720. +
404 Hannah Pomeroy, b. June 6, 1721. +
405 Experience Pomeroy, b. June 4, 1723. +
406 Jerusha Pomeroy, b. Aug. 14, 1725; m. Nov. 17, 1753, Ebenezer
Selden, b. May 17, 1720; d. March 26, 1760. They settled at
Agawam, 1754. +
407 Medad Pomeroy, b. Dec. 17, 1730. +
408 Seth Pomeroy, b. Dec. 14, 1732. +
409 Phinehas Pomeroy, b. April 7, 1738. +
Hannah Trumbull, who m. Medad Pomeroy, was a great-grand-daugh-
ter of John Trumbull, the head of the family in America. He came from
Newcastle-on-Tine, England, to New England, in 1637, bringing with
him a wife and child. He m. July 7, 1635, in the Church of All-Saints,
Newcastle, Eleanor Chandler. He settled first in Roxbury, and became a
member of Mr. Elliott's church; later he moved to Rowley, Mass., and
taught the first school there; he was town clerk; d. 1657. His son, Joseph,
was b. in Rowley, March 19, 1647; m. 1668-9, Hannah Smith, dau. of
Hugh, of Rowley; he moved to Suffield, Conn., where he d. Aug. 15, 1684;
his widow d. in East Windsor, Oct. 5, 1689. Their son, John Trumbull,
was also b. in Rowley, Nov. 27, 1670; m. in Suffield, Sept. 3, 1696, Elizabeth
Winchell, dau. of David Winchell and Elizabeth Filley, of Suffield, b.
Dec. 9, 1675 ; he d. in Suffield, Jan. 3, 1751.
76 HANNAH POMEROY, (Joseph, Medad, Eltzveed), b. April 12,
1700; m. Nov. 6, 1722, Samuel Granger of Suffield, son of Thomas,
(and grandson of Launcelot, whose descendants established a line
of Revolutionary soldiers and patriots, Luncelot being the first of
the name in America, and his birth is not recorded, but his death
was in 1689; his wife was Johanna Adams, dau. of Robert Adams,
b. 1601, the American ancestor of one of the notable Adams families)
and Mindwell (Taylor) Granger, dau. of Stephen Taylor and
Elizabeth Newell.
5th gen. Children, b. Suffield, Conn.:
410 Zerbiah Granger, b. Nov. 22, 1723; d. March 14, 1810; unm.
411 Lemuel Granger, b. July 9, 1726 ; m. Annie He was Captain
of a company, 2d regiment, Connecticut Line.
412 Simeon Graxnger, b. Dec. 28, 1728; m. Abigail Dudley, b. 1737;
soldier of the Revolution. +
413 Daniel Granger, b. Nov. 25, 1731 ; soldier of the Revolution, 2d
regt. Conn. Line; died in the service, Dec. 31, 1778.
414 Capt. Samuel Granger, b. Jan. 5, 1733-4; m. Anna Lyman, dau.
of Dea. Aaron Lyman and Eunice Dwight (dau. of Rev. Josiah
Dwight of Woodstock) ; he was a soldier of the Revolution ; d. Aug.
19, 1818. +
415 Abner Granger, b. Feb. 3, 1736; -m. Experience King; he d. Oct.
15, 1816.
416 Hannah Granger, b. Feb. 20, 1737; m. Dudley Kent; she d. April
21........
417 Ascher Granger, b. Jan. 17, 1745 ; m. Tabitha Ball.
418 Susanna Granger, d. young.
6th gen. Child of Simeon and Abigail Granger, (412):
419 Anna Granger, b. 1798; m. Louis Ely, a soldier of the Revolution,
who d. 1815.
Children of Samuel and Anna Granger, (414):
420 Fanny Granger, m. Stephen Barnard; she d. 1851.
421 Amella Granger.
422 Nancy Granger, d. unm.
77 JOSEPH POMEROY, {Joseph, Medad, Eltweed), b. July 15, 1702,
Suffield Conn. ; m. July 10, 1727, Thankful Burbank, dau. of Eben-
ezer; resided in Suffield; she d. 1796; he d. Sept. 25, 1787.
5th gen. Children:
423 Thankful Pomeroy, b. July 23, 1728. +
irZ ^ovtxtli (Btxutntian - Mthvih
424 Sarah Pomeroy, b. Aug. 31, 1731. +
425 Anna Pomeroy, b. Sept. 25, 1733. +
426 Joseph Pomeroy, b. Oct. 12, 1735 ; responded to the Lexington alarm.
427 Eunice Pomeroy, b. Nov. 19, 1737.
428 Mercy Pomeroy, bp. April 24, 1740; m. Nov. 27, 1760, Josiah Cass,
b. Hebron, Conn., Feb. 2. 1738; she d. May 16. 1781.
429 Ebenezer Pomeroy, b. Jan. 29, 1742, d. Aug., 1742.
430 JosiAH Pomeroy, b. June 8, 1743; m. July 3, 1774, Ann Allis of
Hartford.
431 Isaac Pomeroy, b. Aug. 6, 1745. +
78 REV. BENTA:\IIN P0]MER0Y, (Joseph, Medad, Eltiveed), b.
Nov. 11, 1704, Suffield, Conn.; A. B.. Yale, 1733; D. D., Dartmouth,
1774; m. Oct. 23, 1734, Abigail Wheelock, dau. of Dea. Ralph
Wheelock and Ruth Huntington. He was minister in Hebron, Conn.,
from 1734 to 1784; Chaplain in the army during the French and
Indian wars; Chaplain of the 3d regt. Connecticut Line, from Jan.,
1777, to July, 1778. His tombstone in Hebron bears the following
inscription :
"Along the gentle slope of life's decline
He bent his gradual way,
Till full of years, he drops
Life's mellow fruit into the grave."
"Here lies the body of the Rev. Benj. Pomeroy, D. D., minister of
the First Church of Hebron, and a trustee of Dartmouth College.
Native of Suffield. Ob. Dec. 21st, 1784; aged 81. For 50 years
a zealous preacher of the gospel, and eminently successful about
1743. A Patron of learning, a firm and active Pastor and a friend
to the distressed."
5th gen. Children:
432 Benjamin Pomeroy, b. Jan. 9, 1736; he was a Surgeon in the 4th
Conn, regt., of which his father was Chaplain ; d. in that service
during the French War, at Skaneateles, Dec. 8, 1757, or 1760.
433 Ralph Pomeroy, b. Dec. 8, 1737. +
434 Eleazar Wheelock Pomeroy, b. Sept. 1, 1739. 4-
435 Josiah Pomeroy, b. Sept. 4, 1741; d. Sept. 11, 1742.
436 Abigail Pomeroy, b. May 31, 1744. +
437 Josiah Pomeroy, b. June 18, 1745. +
438 Samuel Pomeroy, b. Nov. 19, 1747; d. Jan. 16, 1748.
439 Hannah Pomeroy, b. Jan. 28, 1748-9; d. IMarch 29, 1749.
440 Hezekiah Pomeroy, b. July 17, 1750; d. Jan. 3, 1755.
441 Hannah Pomeroy, b. Dec. 8. 1751. 4-
442 John Pomeroy, b. March 5, 1754: d. April 27, 1754-5.
443 Elihu Pomeroy, b. Aug. 19, 1755. +
444 Augustus Wheelock Pomeroy, b. Feb. 14, 1758; d. Jan, 24, 1759.
"Rev. Benjamin Pomeroy, son of Joseph Pomeroy, and grand-son of
Deacon Medad and Experience (Woodward) Pomeroy of Northampton,
Mass., was bom in Suffield (then in Massachusetts afterwards incorpor-
d^n^alngu of tl)? ^om^rog 2Famtltt 17B
ated in Connecticut), Nov. 19, 1704, and was so far as appears the oldest
at graduation of any of the students (Yale) commemorated in this volume.
His mother was Hannah Seymour, daughter of Richard, Jr., of Hartford,
Conn." — (Barber's Historical Collection.)
"He resided at the College a year after graduation as one of the first
scholars on Dean Berkley's foundation, receiving as the income il6. He
seems at the same time to have prosecuted the study of theolog}% as he began
in 1734 to preach in Hebron, Conn., where he was ordained Pastor Dec.
16, 1735. Soon after the great revival in 1740 began, he identified himself
with the movement, and thenceforth labored abundantly to promote it. In
June, 1742, after the law had been passed for correcting disorders in preach-
ing, Mr. Pomeroy was accused before the General Assembly of disorderly
conduct at Stratford, in company with his friend. James Davenport, (Yale
College, 1732) and was brought to Hartford for trial, but was dismissed
by the Assembly as having been comparatively blameless.
"A summons was again issued by the x\ssembly, October, 1743. com-
manding his appearance to answer to charges of violation of law. Accord-
ingly, he appeared at the next session, in May, 1744, w^as found guilty and
compelled to bear the costs of the prosecution. He also, about this time,
preached in the neighboring parish of Colchester without the leave of the
resident minister and was in consequence deprived of his salary for several
years."
Rev. Dr. Timothy Cooley of Granville, ]\Iass., said in conversation with
Benjamin Pomeroy of Stonington, Esq., in 1850: "After personal contact
with George Whitfield your grandfather accepted the new teachings and
thenceforth his opinions and preachings were much influenced by them."
Alluding to the suspension from the ministry for preaching in another parish
contrary to the wishes of the resident clergyman, he said: '"Your grand-
father said : 'Sir, those seven years that I was deprived of my stated salary
were the most fruitful years of my ministry ;' for he went up and down
country and wherever he found two men and a hay-stack he had a pulpit
and a congregation and he proclaimed the Gospel to them."
"The late Dr. Pomeroy and his brother-in-law, Dr. Wheelock, were the
first who received the interest of the legacy given by Rev. Dean Berkeley
to the best classical scholars of the senior class in Yale College." * * *
"Samson Occum, the celebrated Indian preacher, lived a year with Dr.
Pomeroy studying Latin and Greek." — (Life of Wheelock, 1811.)
His marriage to the sister of his classmate, Dr. Wheelock, caused his
active interest in the establishment of the Indian Charity School and its
successor, Dartmouth College. In the summer of 1766 he took a journey
to consult Sir William Johnson as to the best place for building the
future college; and in 1770 he accompanied Dr. Wheelock on the visit to
Hanover, which finally determined the site. He was named as one of the
original trustees of the college and continued in office till his death. The
same college conferred upon him the degree of D. D. in 1774. For more
than a year before his death he was entirely blind. A sermon preached
soon after his death by his son-in-law, the Rev. David McClure, Yale
College, 1769, was printed.
The Rev. Samuel A. Peters, (Yale, 1757), who was born and bred
in Hebron, Conn., wrote of him in 1781 as "An excellent scholar, an ex-
emplary gentleman, and a most thundering preacher of the New Light
order." The Rev. Benjamin Trumbull, (Yale, 1759), who was also brought
lip under Dr. Pomeroy's preaching, describes him as a "^Man of real genuis,
grave, solemn and weighty in his discourses, which were generally well
composed, and delivered with a great deal of .animation, zeal and affection.
He might be reckoned among the best preachers of his day."
Another parishioner, the Rev. David Porter. (Dartmouth, 1784), wrote
of him in 1848. "He possessed considerable native talent and more than
ordinary attainments in literature and science. Nor was he less dis-
tinguished for wit and sarcasm. At the commencement of hostilities between
the American Colonies and Great Britain, he showed himself a warm
friend to the cause of Independence."
He published nothing, but some of his letters found the wav into
print, among them one written to Sir William Johnson in 1762, in the "Doc-
umentarv History of New York:" Vol. iv. p. 316. It was in March, 1758,
that he was app'ointed Chaplain of the 3d Connecticut regiment ; and in
March, 1759, Chaplain of the 4th Connecticut, of which his son, Benjamin,
Jr., had been appointed Surgeon.
In 1757 Rev. Benjamin Pomeroy was at Fort Edward, Chaplain of the
3d Connecticut, in 1759 at Lake George and Crown Point, Chaplain of the
4th Connecticut, and in 1760 with the expedition into Canada. His ser-
vices as Chaplain in the War of the Revolution will be found on another
page under the head, "Pomeroy ]\Ien in the Revolution."
79 NATHANIEL POMEROY, (Joseph, Medad, Eltweed), b. Jan.
23, 1706, Suffield; m. Julv 18, 1733, Susanna Seymour, b. April 13,
1706, bp. April 14, 1706, Hartford, Conn., d. Feb. 27, 1778, dau. of
John Seymour and Elizabeth Webster, of Hartford; (John Sey-
mour gave several of his children farms near New Hartford) ;
Nathaniel was surveyor of highways for Suffield; he d. there Feb.
20, 1781.
5th gen. Children: *
445 Capt. Nathaniel Pomeroy, b. May 23. 1734. +
446 LuciNA Pomeroy, b. Oct. 27, 1736. +
447 Susanna Pomeroy, b. Jan. 17, 1738; m. Sept. 16, 1765, Ichabod
Smith of Suffield, Conn.
448 John Pomeroy, b. March 7, 1741. +
449 Daniel Pomeroy, b. Feb. 19, 1744. +
450 Asa Pomeroy, b. June 1, 1749. +
80 NOAH POMEROY, {Joseph, Medad, Eltweed), b. Oct. 20, 1709,
Suffield, Conn. ; m. Aug. 26, 1732, Abigail Remington, perhaps dau.
of John, (John, Thomas, John), who was b. Suffield, 1692, d. Sept.
26, 1813 ; he was appointed sealer of leather for Suffield; he d
5th gen. Children:
451 Noah Pomeroy, b. Jan. 24, 1733. +
452 Abigail Pomeroy, b. April 3, 1734 ; d. May 29, 1734.
453 Eliakim Pomeroy, b. May 3, 1735. +
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j 454 Abigail Pomeroy, b. Oct. 14, 1736. +
,' 455 Simeon Pomeroy, b. July 20, 1738; d. Jan. 30, 1761.
456 Dan Pomeroy^ b. ]\Iarch 26, 1740; m. and removed to Canaan, Col-
umbiaaa county, N. Y. ; the new census of 1790 credits Dan with a
family of two males over sixteen, one male under sixteen, and two
females. When Mr. North entered upon this census he had an op-
portunity to make a government work of great value, but he was
eminently successful in evading it.
457 Sarah Pomeroy, b. Aug. 2, 1741.
458 Jonathan Pomeroy, b. Sept. 15, 1743. +
459 Elijah Pomeroy, b. April 15, 1745.
460 Epaphras Pomeroy. b. Julv 12, 1749; d. Aug. 20, 1751.
461 Ruth Pomeroy, b. Feb. 8,' 1751. +
462 Elizabeth Pomeroy, b. Sept. 24, 1752.
463 Epaphras Pomeroy, b. April 4, 1753 ; d. April 3, 1764.
163 CATHERINE POMEROY, (Samuel, Medad, Eltzveed), b. May 4,
1708, Newtown, Conn. ; m. May 25, 1729, Jacob Riker of Newtown,
who d. 1778, New York City. He established bakery business,
in Beekman street, New York; at the beginning of the Revolution
they moved to Rhinebeck ; no date of her death.
^th gen. Children:
464 Lydia Riker, b. 1732 ; m, Capt. Isaac Sheldon. +
465 Abraham Riker, b. 1734; m. Oct. 29, 1757, Sarah Rousby, dau. of
Henry Rousby, (who was son of the widow of Capt. William Kidd,
who m. (2) Christopher Rousby). +
466 Maegaret Riker, b. 1740 ; m. Sept. 2, 1766, Capt. Abraham Riker. +
467 Catherine Riker, b. 1742; m, (1) Capt. Dennis Candy; m. (2)
Cornelius Bradford.
468 Elizabeth Riker, m. Capt. George Collins.
6th gen. Children of Lydia and Isaac Sheldon, (464):
469 Lydia Sheldon, m. Thomas Wooster, son of James Wooster, a
soldier of the Revolution. +
470 Mary Pomeroy Sheldon, m. Capt. Liscombe of Lanesboro, Mass. +
471 Elizabeth Sheldon, m. Mr. Verstile.
Children of Abraham and Sarah Riker, (465):
472 Sarah Riker, b. 1768; m. John Walgrove of Dobbs' Ferry, N. Y.
473 Emma Riker, b. 1772; m. William Whitehead of Perth Amboy, N. J.
474 John Riker, b. 1780; moved to Philadelphia, Pa.
Child of Margaret and Abraham Riker, (466):
475 Jane Riker, b. 1768; m. June 8, 1791, Rev. Asa Hillyer.
yth gen. Children of Lydia and Thomas Wooster, (469):
476 Isaac Wooster.
477 Charles Wooster. Admiral in the Chilian navy.
478 Maria Wooster, m. Prof. Turner of New Haven, Conn.
Children of Mary and Capt. Liscombe, (470):
479 Lydia Liscombe, m. John Wesley Jarvis. Portrait artist.
480 Eliza Liscombe.
164 ABIGAIL POMEROY, (Samuel, Medad, Eltzveed). b. July 8,
1710 ; m. Jonathan Hazard. The old Hazard homestead is still ( 1903)
in perfect preservation in Newtown, Conn.
^th gen. Child:
481 James Hazard, b. 1752, Newtown, Conn.
167 ELIZABETH PO:\IEROY, (Samuel, Medad. Eltweed), b. Nov. 16,
1717; m. Dec. 11, 1734. Philip Edsall.
5th gen. Children:
482 Samuel Edsall, b. about 1744; d. Oct. 11, 1806, in his 62d year.
483 Elizabeth Edsall, b ; m. Judge Benjamin Coe.
6th gen. Children of Elizabeth and Benjamin Coe, (483) :
484 Samuel Coe, d. young.
485 Phebe Coe, m. Aaron Furman.
486 Elizabeth Coe, m. Thomas Betts.
487 Benjamin Coe, b. July 11, 1784; m. Catherine Nostrand, dau. of
John ; he d. Aug. 17, 1817.
168 SAMUEL FRENCH POMEROY, (Samuel, Caleb, Eltweed), b.
1691, Northampton; m. Jan. 30, 1722, Hannah Crasson Hannum,
dau. of John Hannum and Elizabeth Crasson, b. 1700, d. 1793; he
was a tailor in 1720, and made men's garments ; for a pair of "leather
breeches he received 5s, for a coat and jacket 3s 6d, and for linen
breeches 2s 6d;" he died about 1760. Residence, Southampton,
where he received an additional grant of the school lands.
5th gen. Children:
488 Samuel Pomeroy, b. Sept. 7, 1729. +
489 Hannah Pomeroy, b. May 23, 1732. +
490 Aaron Pomeroy, b. April 22, 1734. +
491 Anna Pomeroy, b. 1736. +
175 CALEB POMEROY, (Samuel, Caleb, Eltweed), b. Oct. 2, 1707,
Northampton; m. Nov. 15, 1733, Thankful Phelps, b. 1710, North-
ampton, d. in Southampton, dau. of William Phelps and Thankful
Edwards; farmer at Easthampton; d. in Southampton, where he
resided in 1783.
5th gen. Children:
492 Abner Pomeroy, b. Sept. 7, 1734. +
493 Elijah Pomeroy, b. April 22, 1736. +
494 Eleanor Pomeroy, b. April 11, 1738. +
495 Caleb Pomeroy, b. July 10, 1740. +
496 Chloe Pomeroy, b. Nov. 29, 1741. +
497 Joel Pomeroy, b. 1743; went south and all trace lost.
498 Enos Pomeroy, b. about 1746. +
499 Thankful Pomeroy, b. 1747; m. 1778, Jacob Pomeroy, (626), son
of Elisha Pomeroy and Mercy Searle.
500 Gershom Pomeroy, b. about 1749; m. 1779, Sarah Bartlett; Revolu-
tionary service, from Southampton, April 21, 1775, private in Capt.
Lemuel Pomeroy's company ; Aug. 1, 1775, sergeant in Capt. Lemuel
Pomeroy's company; Sept. 10, 1777, corporal in Capt. Abner Pome-
roy's company. He was drowned in the river near Easthampton soon
after his marriage; his Bible was found with him.
501 Solomon Pomeroy, bp. Jan. 26, 1752. +
502 Phebe Pomeroy, b. 1754; m. in 1779, Timothy Pomeroy (619),
son of Ebenezer and Rachel (Searle) Pomeroy.
503 Silas Pomeroy, no data collected; it is said he m; had one child
scalded to death.
176 MARY POMEROY, (Samuel, Caleb, Eltzveed), b. July 1, 1716;
m. 1740, Nathaniel Searle, Jr., son of Nathaniel Searle and Priscilla
Webb, b. 1715, d. 1801 ; she d. 1806.
5th gen. Children:
504 Abijah Searle, b. 1741 ; m. 1770, Elizabeth Clapp, dau. of Roger
Clapp and Anna Munn; he d. 1819. +
505 Levi Searle, b. 1743; m. about 1771, Ruth ; he d. in 1823.
506 Martha Searle, b. 1744; d. in childhood.
507 Mary Searle, b. 1746; m. in 1779, Asahel Strong, son of Aaron
and Rachel Strong of South Coventry ; she d, 1822. +
508 Nathaniel Searle, b. 1748; m. in 1775, Mrs. Experience (Warner)
Loomis ; they were generally known as "Uncle Nat" and "Aunt Spid." ;
he m. (2) in 1800, Mrs. x\nna (Burt) Pomeroy, (widow of Timothy
Pomeroy, who was son of Ebenezer Pomeroy and Rachel Searl),
.she d. 1801, ae. 48; he m. (3) Experience Bartlett (1802)^ who d.
1836. ae. 85 ; he d. 1812, ae. 64. +
509 Martha Searle, b. 1750 ; m. John Williams.
510 Oliver Searle, b. 1752 ; known as the bell-ringer ; d. 1808.
511 Zephaniah Searle, (twin with Oliver), b. 1752; he was famous
for his skill in trapping foxes ; d. 1830 ; unm.
512 Lydia Searle, b. 1754; m. in 1777, Ezekial Wood, Jr.; he was acci-
dentally killed by Capt. Samuel Coleman while hunting deer; she
. ,__^m. (2) William Baldwin; she d^Au^. 3, 1816.
513~"Mercy Searle, b. 1757; m. in'l§0K Ichabod Howe, of West Spring-
field; she d. 1798; he m. (2) L^yd^a How, dau. of Ichabod How and
Mary Pomeroy.
6th gen. Children of Abijah and Elizabeth Searle, (504):
514 RuFus Searle, m. Nancy Searle, dau. of Gideon Searle and Anna
Pomeroy.
515 Lucinda Searle, m. Capt. William Dada, son of William Dada and
Jerusha Burt.
Children of Mary and Asahel Strong, (507):
516 MtRANDA Strong, b. March 31, 1779.
517 Aaron Strong, b. Nov. 8, 1781 ; m. Oct. 15, 1806, Lurana Searl, b.
Jan. 5, 1781 ; d. June 7, 1846; he d. May 7, 1837.
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Children of Nathaniel and Experience Searle (ist zvifej, (508):
518 Silas Warner Se.\rle, b. 1776; m. Pamelia Bliss of Springfield,
Mass.
519 AcHSAH Searle, b. 1778; unm.] d. May 23, 1863.
520 Thaddeus Searle, b. Oct., 1782; m. 1812, Lydia Howe of West
Springfield, Mass.
Child by 2d wife, (308) :
521 Nathaniel Burt Se-\rle, b. Nov. 11, 1801 ; m. Oct. 10, 1826, Amelia
Pomeroy; he d. July 31, 1878, East Onondago, N. Y. +
177 JOSHUA POMEROY, (Samuel, Caleb, Eltzveed), b. Sept. 9, 1717,
Southampton; m. Lois Phelps, b. 1725, d. April 21, 1779. dau. of
William Phelps and Thankful Edwards; he d. April 21, 1779.
3th gen. Children:
522 Lois Pomeroy, b. May 29. 1749. +
523 Isaac Pomeroy, b. 1751.
524 Joshua Pomeroy, b. Aug. 2, 1752 ; said to have been a soldier of
the Revolution; m. Aug. 22, 1772, Elizabeth Dimond, who d. in
1776; he d. 1778.
525 Gideon Pomeroy, b. Jan. 26. 1755 ; d. same year.
526 Lydia Pomeroy, b. Feb. 29, 1756. +
527 Miriam Pomeroy, b. March 25, 1759. +
528 Grace Pomeroy, bp. May 20, 1761. + -
529 Gideon Pomeroy, bp. June 12, 1765. +
530 Justus Pomeroy, bp. Feb. 22, 1767. +
531 Princess Pomeroy, bp. Feb. 22, 1767; twin with Justus. +
^178 NOAH POMEROY, (Samuel, Caleb, Eltzveed), b. Oct. 13, 1719,
Southampton; m. (1) 1753, Lucy , d. 1754; m. (2) 1756,
Temperance-V; . . .--.v b. 1728, d. Sept. 2, 1787; he settled about 1774,
on the east side of Pomeroy Mountain; he d. Sept. 20, 1810, at
Southampton, ]\fass.
3th gen. Child:
532 H.\NNAH Pomeroy, b. March 15, 1754.
Children by 2d zi'ife:
533 IcHABOD Pomeroy, b. March 9, 1757. +
534 Gad Pomeroy, b. April 22, 1759. +
^535 Joel Pomeroy, b. April 8, 1762. +
536 Daniel Pomeroy, b. April 8, 1762, (twin with Joel). +
537 Harmon Pomeroy, b. 1763.
538 Temper.\nce Pomeroy, b. May 6, 1765; m. March 27, 1785, John
Hering of Northampton.
539 Ruby Pomeroy, b. 1775. +
180 ELIZABETH POAIEROY, (Samtiel, Caleb, Eltzveed), b. Feb. 25,
1723, Northampton; m. May 29, 1744, David Root. b. Feb. 15.
1711, in Westfield, Mass., son of John and Eleanor Root.
3th gen. Children:
540 Eleanor Root, b. July 25, 1747; d. July 26, 1748.
541 Eleanor Root, b. Oct. 30, 1748.
542 Annie Root, b. Aug. 11, 1750.
543 John Root, b. July 10, 1754.
544 Phebe Root, b. July 10, 1754 (twin with John).
181 SIMEON POMEROY, (Samuel, Caleb, Eltzvced), b. June 15,
1725, Northampton; m. March 27, 1747, Abigail Smith*, b. Sept.
14, 1726, d. Dec. 10, 1820, dau. of Pelatiah Smith and Abigail Wait ;
after residing in Southampton for a time with his father, they set-
tled in Amherst, Mass., about 1750; d. June 22, 1812.
^th gen. Children:
545 Abigail Pomeroy, b. Nov. 22, 1747. +
546 Eunice Pomeroy, b. Nov. 24, 1749. +
547 Lucy Pomeroy, b. Jan. 22, 1752. +
548 Simeon Pomeroy, b. April 24, 1754. +
549 Mary Pomeroy, b. Sept. 10, 1756; d. young.
550 Jerusha Pomeroy, b. Feb. 6. 1760. +
551 David Pomeroy, b. March 12, 1762. +
552 Mary Pomeroy, b. Aug. 12, 1764; m. Jan. 16, 1794, Nathaniel Ed-
wards, b. April 25, 1756, d. July 22, 1780, son of Jonathan Edwards
of Amherst ; she d. s. p., 1795.
553 Dorcas Pomeroy, b. Oct. 13, 1767. +
554 Samuel Pomeroy, b. Nov. 19, 1769; d. Sept. 1, 1777.
555 Moses Pomeroy, b. April 10, 1773 ; d. Sept. 2, 1777.
203 HANNAH POMEROY, (Eldad, Caleb, Eltweed), b. Feb. 4, 1709,
in Southampton, Mass.; m. Dec. 10, 1730, Amos Loomis, b. Aug.
12, 1707, in Windsor, Conn., d. 1779, son of Stephen Loomis and
Esther Colt. He went to Southampton in his youth and entered the
employ of Mr. Nathaniel Curtiss, and after marriage was perhaps
adopted by Mr. Curtiss, in 1857, as is suggested by the following
lines from' his will, as quoted from "The Loomis Family in Amer-
ica:" "To Amos Loomis, who served his time with me, I devise
the other half of my lot on Rainbow Hill, that was Judd's ; or after
my wife's decease, the whole of it to be to him, his heirs, etc."
This will is dated Nov. 22, 1775. He was survived by his wife.
♦Judd's Hadley says: "Lieut. Samuel Smith, with wife Elizabeth and
children, set sail for New England, April 30, 1634; he and his wife each then
called 32 years of age. He came from Weathersfield, where he was a leading
man, to Hadley, Mass., where he held important offices in church and state.
He died about 1680; his widow died March 16, 1686. They had six children,
of whom Chileab, the fifth, was born about 1635, and died March 7, 1731;
he married Hannah, dau. of Luke Hitchcock of Wethersfield; she died Aug.
31, 1733, aged 88. They had fourteen children, of whom Samuel was the
second, born March 9, 1665; he was a shoemaker; died Aug. 4, 1724; he
married March 9, 168 7, Sarah Bliss, who was alive in 174 2. They had ten
children, of whom Pelatiah was the fourth, b. March 8, 1694; lived in Amherst,
and married, 1721, Abigail Wait, dau. of William Wait of Northampton. They
had four children, of whom Abigail was third."
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5th gen. Children, all b. in Southampton, Mass,:
556 Amos Loomis, b. Dec. 17, 1731 ; m. Experience Parsons; he d. Sept.
10, 1756. +
557 Nathaniel Loomis, b. May 28, 1734; m. April 10, 1762, Tabitha
Kingsley, b. Sept. 5, 1739, in Northampton, d. Sept. 16, 1815, dau.
of Ebenezer Kingsley and Mary Dudley; he d. in Southampton in
1795. He was present at the surrender, and massacre, of Fort
William Henry to the French and Indians, and with Joel Clapp,
made his escape after a desperate run of fourteen miles, naked.
He was also a soldier of the Revolution, joining Capt. Ebenezer
Sheldon's 7th company, in 1782. +
558 CuRTiss LooMis, b. Nov. 15, 1736; m. Nov. 16, 1764, Experience
Warner; he d. 1773; she m. (2) Nathaniel Searle, Res. South-
ampton, Mass. +
559 Hannah Loomis, b. Jan. 15, 1738-9; m. Feb. 14, 1761, Noah Burt,
b. Aug. 30, 1734, drowned April 27, 1800, at Russell, Mass., son of
Thomas Burt and Mercy Phelps. +
560 AsHER LooMis, b. Sept. 12, 1741 ; m. May 17, 1778, Margaret Clark;
he d. 1779; his widow was appointed, Feb. 5, 1782, guardian of
Asher Loomis, Jr.; she m. (2) March 27, 1800, Joel Strong. Res.
Southampton. +
561 Esther Loomis, b. April 28, 1744; m. April 30, 1777, Moses Danks
of Southampton. +
562 Abisha Loomis, b. and d. 1747. ,
563 Shem Loomis, b. June 7, 1750; m. Dec. 7, 1776, Rhoda Winter, d.
July 22, 1820, ae. 65; he d. Sept. 27, 1821, in Southampton. +
6th gen. Child of Amos and Experience Loomis, (556):
564 Jerusha Loomis, b. in Northampton, Mass.; m. May 27, 1784, in
Washington, Mass., Phineas Cowles.
Children of Nathaniel and Tabitha Loomis, (557):
565 RoxANNA Loomis, b. Aug. 17, 1763 ; m. Nov. 17, 1781, Jude Wright,
who d. Nov. 29, 1834; she d. Jan. 5, 1845.
566 Alexander Loomis, b. Julv 7, 1765; m. Sept. 30, 1799, Miriam
Jones, who d. Nov. 19, 1843,' ae. 67; he d. March 30, 1845.
567 Amos Loomis, b. Sept. 23, 1767; m. Jan. 23, 1793, Martha Herrick,
who d. 1849, dau. of Jonathan and Elizabeth (Clark) Herrick; he.
d. 1820. Settled at Franklin, Portage county, Ohio. 4-
568 Sybil Loomis, b. March 11, 1771 ; m. Sept. 29, 1793, Joshua Wright.
569 JoAB Loomis, b. Oct. 19, 1773; m. Feb. 3, 1803, Zilpah Hannum;
he d. 1828, at Hinkley, Medina county, Ohio.
570 Nathaniel Loomis, b. Feb. 29, 1776; m. (int. pub. May 25, 1800)
Patty Ludington; he d. March 26, 1854, at Otisco, N. Y.
571 Asenath Loomis, b. 1780; m. Dec. 10, 1801, Elisha Hutchinson,
who d. Feb. 8, 1840, son of Dea. Elisha and Mercy Hutchinson;
she d. Jan., 1869, at Russell, Mass.
Children of Cnrtiss and Experience Loomis, (558):
572 Lovisa Loomis, b. Nov. 15, 1766; m. Sept. 3, 1785, Gideon Searle,
Jr., who d. May 25, 1804, ae. 40.
dirtt^alngg of tbt pom^rng 3Fam!l^ IBB
573 Artemus Loomis, b. Dec. 16, 1768; m. June 23, 1792, Asenath
Bascom, Southampton.
574 LuciNDA Loomis, b. April 13, 1771; m. Jan. 22, 1791, Capt. Stephen
Bates, Southampton.
575 Curtis Loomis. b. May 13. 1772; m. Oct. 13, 1792, Jerusha Clark,
who d. Sept. 22, 1855, dau. of Oliver Clark; he d. Feb. 5, 1814;
she m. (2) Silas Sheldon. Southampton.
Children of Hannah and Noah Burt, (55p):
576 Elvira Burt, 577 Huldah Burt.
576.1 Hannah Burt, 577.1 Lavinia Burt,
576.2 Esther Burt, 577.2 Royal Burt.
576.3 Noah Burt,
Child of Asher and Margaret Loomis, (360):
578 Asher Loomis, b. May 21, 1779; m. Abigail ; he d. 1858, at
Berlin, N. Y.
Children of Esther and Moses Banks, (561):
579 Moses Danks. 579.1 Esther Danks.
Children of Shem and Rhoda Loomis, (56^):
580 Silence Loomis, b. Feb. 12, 1778; m. Sept. 15, 1800, Alpheus
Strong; she d. June 11,. 1803.
581 Hannah Loomis, b. March 9, 1780; m. in 1807, James McElwain;
s. p.
582 Nancy Loomis, b. Sept. 13, 1782; d. July 31, 1869; unm.
583 Luther Loomis. b. March 13, 1785; m. Dec. 9, 1812, Desiah Frary;
he d. Oct, 5, 1859.
584 Shem Loomis, b. June 19. 1788; m. Oct. 21, 1810, (intent) Hannah
Soice; he d. Nov. 8, 1871. at Mechlenburg, N, Y,
585 Rev. Aretus Loomis, b. Dec. 19, .1790; m. Oct. 11, 1819, Sarah
Goodman; he d. Aug. 13, 1857, at Bennington, Vt
7th gen. Children of Amos and Martha Loomis, (36/):
586 Melissa Loomis, b. Dec. 5, 1794; m. Jan. 25, 1816, Reuel Shurtliff,
b. Feb. 4, 1794, d. Sept. 4, 1846, son of Noah and Lydia Shurtliff;
she d. March 29, 1873.
587 Almon Loomis, b. Feb. 24, 1796 ; d. 1828 ; unm.
588 Jasper Loomis, b. March 25, 1798; d. 1820; unm.
589 KiNGSLEY Loomis, b. Dec. 5, 1800 ; m. Sept. 28, 1820, Betsev Andrews.
b. Sept. 20, 1802, d, Oct. 16. 1878, dau. of Dea. Samuel Andrews and
Tryphena Loomis; he d. Aug. 28, 1856, at Cleveland, Ohio. +
590 Amos Loomis, b, Sept. 8. 1803 ; m. Dec. 7, 1823, Wealthy Moore,
b. May 6, 1808, d. Sept. 9, 1889, dau. of Hiram Moore and Deborah
Phelps ; he d. May, 1850.
591 Marcus Loomis, b. Sept. 21, 1806; m. Jan, 15, 1829, Jerusha H.
Cutler.
592 William Herrick Loomis, b. May 11, 1809; m. Sept, 2, 1829,
Cynthia Loomis.
8th gen. Children of Kingsley and Betsey Loomis, (589):
593 Lorin Loomis, b. 1821 ; d. ae. four years.
594 LoDiCE LooMis, b. 1822-3; m. Alexander Blaine, d. 1863, son of
Thomas Blaine.
595 LoRRiN KiNGSLEY LooMis, b. Jan. 10, 1825 ; m. Jan. 6, 1853, Eunice
Ann IMann.
596 Charles Wilson Loomis, b. July 12, 1828; m. in 1852, Sarah
Oberholtzer, b. Jan. 10, 1833, d. Sept., 1906, dau. of Jacob B.
Oberholtzer and Man,- Renninger ; he d. Nov. 14, 1864. 4-
597 Edward Andrews Loomis, b. May 2, 1831 ; m. Harriet Laraway.
598 Henry Loomis, b. Aug. 28, 1834-5; m. Emily Fitch.
599 Fannie Loomis, b. 1837 ; m. 1853, William Prescott.
600 William Harrison Loomis, b. July 24, 1840; m. Portia Naomi
Fifield.
601 Eliza Loomis, b. 18-14; d. Oct.. 1857, at La Porte, Ind.
gth gen. Children of Charles W. and Sarah Loomis, (596):
602 Prof. Elisha Scott Loomis. B. S., A. M., Ph. D., LL. B., b. Sept.
18, 1852 ; m. June 17, 1880, Letitia E. Shire, b. April 17, 1856, dau.
of Henry Shire and Martha iVnn Welch. He was compiler and
editor of "The Loomis Family in America;'' edition of 1908.
Res., Berea, Ohio. 4-
603 Charles Wilson Loomis, b. Dec. 31, 1853; d. Aug. 24, 1886.
604 Jacob Henry Loomis, b. Feb. 17, 1856; m. Minnie Orth.
605 William Franklin Loomis, b. Aug. 27, 1857; m. (1) Nancy C.
Wilson ; (2) Oliva S. Greene.
606 Albert Adillo Loomis, b. April 9, 1859; m. (1) Amelia M. Nie-
meyer; (2) Victoria I. Allen.
607 Milo Sylvester Loomis, b. March 22, 1862 ; unm.
608 D. Allen Loomis, b. March 29. 1864 ; m. Flora Snell.
loth gen. Children of Elisha S. and Letitia E. Loomis, (602):
609'- Elatus Gaefield Loomis, b. Oct. 9, 1883; gr. West High School;
student at Case School of Applied Science. With Central Engineer-
ing Co., Cleveland, Ohio; m. June 20, 1911, Zoe E. Clark.
610 Clara Icoxa Loomis, b. Aug. 22, 1890; gr. Berea High School;
student one year at Lake Erie Seminary for Women, Painesville,
Ohio; two years at Baldwin University, Berea, O. ; student in Kin-
dergarten Training School, Cleveland, O.
204 ELDAD POMEROY, {Eldad, Caleb, Eltweed), b. Dec. 31, 1711;
m. (1) about 1750, Bathsheba ; m. (2) May 14, 1786,
Priscilla Searle, dau. of Nathaniel and Priscilla Searle.
5th gen. Children:
611 Sarah Pomeroy, b. 1751 ; m. May 27, 1769, John Clapp of East-
Martha Pomeroy, b. \7SZ.Y,\ ^^^^^-^-^K^"^'- v I . ' y . - lt <
612
613 Eldad Pomeroy, b. 1756. , . _„
614 Bathsheba Pomeroy, b. 1757.
(No Pomeroy projection discovered to this family.) . ^ fj-^U-f ]'^-
ggn^alogg of tiig Pomgrog Jmntlg IBB
205 EBENEZER POMEROY. (El dad, Caleb, Eltweed), b. Nov. 10,
1715 ; m. Jan. 2, 1740, Rachel Searle, dau. of Nathaniel and Priscilla
Searle; he d. Oct. 13, 1766, Southampton, Mass.
5th gen. Children:
615 Ebenezer Pomeroy, b. Jan. 17, 1741. +
616 Elihu Pomeroy, b. 1742; m. April 25,. 1790, Rachel Strong, b.
1751, d. 1830; he d. 1824.
617 Rachel Pomeroy, b. Aug. 12, 1744; m. Aug. 6, 1768, John Hannum;
she d. Nov. 14, 1789.
618 Kesiah Pomeroy, b. 1746; d. young.
619 Gen. Timothy Pomeroy, b. Jan. 13, 1750. +
620 Kesiah Pomeroy, b. 1753.
621 Titus Pomeroy, b. Oct. 10, 1757. +
622 Dorcas Pomeroy, b. 1760; m. (1) in 1779, Amaziah Darrow; m.
(2) Elijah Norton.
206 ELISHA POMEROY, {Eldad, Caleb, Eltweed), b. 1719; m. (1)
Dec. 22, 1743, Mercy Searle, dau. of Nathaniel and Priscilla Searle,
b. 1721, d. 1769: m. (2) in 1780, Experience Bartlett (widow), b.
1726, d. May 21, 1803 ; he d. Sept. 9, 1800.
5th gen. Children:
623 Mercy Pomeroy, b. 1745 ; d. 1746.
624 Elisha Pomeroy, b. Oct. 19, 1747; d. 1769.
625 Mercy Pomeroy, b. Oct. 30, 1749. +
626 Jacob Pomeroy, b. Dec. 13, 1751. +
627 Isaac Pomeroy, b. Aug. 14, 1753. +
628 Jemima Pomeroy, b. March 21, 1755 ; d. Dec. 5, 1788.
629 Hannah Pomeroy, b. Jan. 3, 1757: d. Feb. 2, 1776.
630 Huldah Pomeroy, b. June 16, 1759. +
631 Asahel Pomeroy, b. Dec. 13, 1761. +
632 Priscilla Pomeroy, b. June 15, 1764; m. March 6, 1782, Seth
Hulburt, bp. July 24, 1763, d. Feb. 24, 1783, son of James Hulburt
and Eleanor Pomeroy (Caleb) ; she d. s. p.
207 JOSEPH POMEROY, (Eldad, Caleb, Eltiveed), b. Nov. 19, 1721;
m. about 1741, Abigail Searle, dau. of Nathaniel and Priscilla Searle.
5th gen. Children:
633 Abigail Pomeroy, b. 1742, .Southampton; m. in 1775, Abner Smith
of Murrayfield, Mass. [ •D-iXcfC^.^ )
634 Joseph Pomeroy, b. 1744. + ^'
635 Lucy Pomeroy, b. 1745 ; d. young.
636 Lucy Pomeroy, b. 1749. +
637 Am ASA Pomeroy, b. 1756. +
638 Hezekiah Pomeroy.
639 Niece Pomeroy.
208 BENJAMIN POMEROY, (Eldad, Caleb, Eltweed), b. 1724; m.
Anne ; settled in Georgetown, Me.
^th gen. Children:
640 Richard Pomeroy, b. Aug. 5, 1750.
641 Deliverance Pomeroy, b. March 11, 1753.
642 Anna Pomeroy, b. May 14, 1755.
643 Margaret Pomeroy, b. May 22, 1758.
209 ABIGAIL POMEROY, (Eldad, Caleb, Eltwced), b. 1727; m. 1748,
Eliphaz Searle, b. 1722, son of Nathaniel Searle and Priscilla Webb ;
she d. 1815.
jth gen. Children:
644 Jerusha Searle, b. 1749.
645 Justus Searle, b. 1752 ; m. in 1776, Lydia Parks.
646 Tamar Searle, m. Roxanna Bates, dau. of Lemuel Bates and Lucy
Wait.
647 Eliphaz Searle, Jr., m. Lovina Moore.
648 Enoch Searle, m. Sally Welch.
649 Philip Searle, m. Lydia Curtis.
650 Martin Searle.
215 MARY POMEROY, (Joshua, Joshua, Eltweed), b. Sept. 11, 1710,
at Dorchester, Qaan, ; m. Nov. 10, 1733, at Stoughton, Samuel Clap.
Residence, Norton, Mass.
5th gen. Children b. at Norton, Mass.:
651 Sarah Clap, b. Aug. 31, 1736; d. Dec. 18, 1736.
652 Mercy Clap, b. May 27, 1738.
653 Elizabeth Clap, b. July 1, 1741 ; m. Nov. 20, 1759, David Cope-
land of Milton.
654 Hannah Clap, b. Aug. 22, 1743; d. Sept. 2S, 1756.
655 Samuel Clap, Jr., b. Aug. 16, 1745; m. (int.) Aug. 13, 1768,
Lvdia Wild, b. April 24, 1751, dau. of Samuel and Lvdia Wild. +
656 Noah Clap, b. April 5, 1748; m. April 10. 1776, at Norton, Olive
Shepard, b; April 24, 1754, d. Feb. 13, 1845, dau. of Thomas and
Constant Shepard ; he d. Nov. 10, 1820. +
6th gen. Children of Samuel and Lydia Clap, (655):
657 Samuel Clap, b. May 17, 1769, (bp. June 3, 1770) ; d. July 28,
1773, at Norton.
658 Oliver Clap, b. March 22, 1771.
659 Ichabod Clap, b. Aug. 27, 1773 ; m. March 13, 1803, Betsey Smith of
Middleborough.
Children of Noah and Olive Clap, (656):
660 Polly Clap, b. May 14, 1777.
661 Salmon Clap, b. Jan. 17, 1780,
662 Elias Clap, b. Jan. 19, 1782.
663 Constant Clap, b. Nov. 11, 1784.
664 Appolas Clap, b. Feb. 27, 1787.
665 Sally Clap, b. Aug. 17, 1789.
666 Reuel Clap, b. April 4, 1792.
^ftt^alngg of tl\t ^^omrrng Jamtlg 190
667 Nancy Clap, b. Feb. 9, 1796.
(No further Pomeroy projection to tlie family of Joshua.)
(B. 57. P. 106. Boston R. of Deeds.)
To all People to whom these Presents shall come, &c. Samuel Clap of
Norton in the County of Bristol within His Majesties Province of the Massa-
chusetts Bay in New England Junr yeoman and Mary his wife send greetings:.
Know ye that they the sd Samuel Clap and Mary his wife (who is grandaughter
of Joseph Weeks heretofore of Dorchester aforesaid Deceased and Daughter
of Repent Pomroy Deceased, late wife of Joshua Pomroy of Norton aforesd
Yeoman.) for and in consideration of the sum of Ten pounds in good Bills of
Credit on the Province aforesaid to them in hand paid before the ensealing
of these Presents and the Delivery thereof by Preserved Capen of Dorchester
in the County of Suffolk in the sd. Province Gent. — several pieces or parcells
all of them situate in the said Township of Dorchester and now in the Town-
ship of Stoughton — laid out by the Proprietors of Dorchester and Stoughton
to sd. Joseph Weeks dec'd, the Twenty Five Divisions of Land so called and
the sd. Joshua Pomroy (late husband of the said Repent Pumroy mother of
the sd Mary Clap who died seized of the premises) doth give up all his right
title &C. to Preserved Capen. In witness whereof the sd Samuel Clap, Mary
Clap and Joshua Pomroy have set hands &. seals.
Samuel Clap and a seal
Mary M Clap her mark
Joskua Pumroy and a seal
Feb. 8, 1736
Bristol Ss Norton, March 29, 1737.
Samuel and Mary Clap and Joshua Pumroy personally appeared &c. before
Ephraim Leonard Just. Peace Dec. 13, 1738. Received and accordingly entred
and examined.
246- DEACON JOSEPH VOM'EROY::{Joseph- Joseph, Eltwe^d), h.\
Jan.v30, 1729;- Boston ;:m. Dec. 27^ 1759/ Huldah Dunbar, widow of
Jonathan Stirbbs, b. Jan. 2, 1732,. Hingham, Mass., d. Nov. 23,- 1802 ;_
he d Dec. 25,: 1802. .
^tk gen. Children:
684 HuLDAH Pomeroy, b. Oct 19, 1760; d. Dec. 10, 1787. '
685 Jonathan Pomeroy, b. April 24, 1762 ; -d. Dec. 28. 1762. _
686- Joseph Pomeroy, b. March 28, 1764;^. Dec. 28,. 1764. -
687 'John Pomeroy, b. Dec. 18, 1766; m. Annie Lane.
688 Sarah Pomeroy, b. June 3, 1768; m. Richard Parker.
689 Polly (Molly) Pomeroy, b. Feb. 9, 1770.
690 Richard Pomeroy, b. Oct. 9, 1771. +
691 Hannah Pomeroy, b. Oct. 18, 1773; m. Phineas Parker.
692 Abigail Pomeroy, b. (twin with Hannah) Oct. 18, 1773; m. Mr.'-
Soule.
(B. 134. P. 95-)
Peter Dunbar Housewright, Joseph Pummery Yeoman, and Huldah my::;
wife, Jonathan Locke yeoman and Sarah my wife, & Leah Dunbar Spinster,
all of Falmouth in the County of Cumberland. Solomon Loring yeoman and
Hannah ray wife, Thomas Perry Husbandman & Mary my wife all in Hingham
in Co. of Suffolk. Hosea Orcutt & Abigail my wife of Cohasset Fishermen, ..
sell to Loban Stodder Land in the Second Parish in Hingham. In witness
whereof me the said Peter, Joseph Huldah Jonathan Sarah Leah Solomon ,.
Hannah Theophilus Patience Thomas Mary Hosea Abigail have set hand and
seal this fourth day of May A. D. 1774.
Patience (her mark) Gushing and a seal. Theopilus Gushing and a seal
Hannah Loring and a seal Solomon Loring and a seal.
Peter Dunbar and a seal Hosea Orcutt and a seal.
Huldah Pumroy's Mark and a seal Joseph Pumroy & a seal
Leah Dunbar & a seal Sarah Lock and a seal
Recorded March 24, 1782. Jonathan Lock.
271 NOAH POMEROY, (Noah. Joseph, Eliivced), b. Oct. 8, 1725;
Colchester, Conn.; m. April 24, 1648, Lurana Northam, b. May 25,
1723, d. Feb. 24, 1806, dau. of Jolin Northam and Hannah Pomeroy
(Joseph) ; he d. Sept. 17, 1798. Res., Colchester, Conn.
^th gen. Children:
693 Charles Pomeroy, b. April 22, 1749. 4-
694 Samuel Pomeroy, b. Feb. 4, 1751.
695 LiJRANA Pomeroy, b. May 22, 1752 ; m. Oct. 15. 1767, Martin Welles.
696 Rev. Noah Pomeroy. b. Aug. 18, 1754. +
697 Louisa Pomeroy, b. Sept. 3, 1761. 4-
272 DANIEL POMEROY, (Noah, Joseph. Eltzueed), b. Oct. 13, 1727;
m. Oct. 19, 1749, Naomi Kibbe, b. 1726, d. Sept. 14, 1793, dau. of
Edward and Dorothy (Phelps) -Kibbe, widow of Joseph Phelps of
Westfield, by her first m. she had Naomi Hatch Phelps, b. 1743, d.
March 5, 1833; and Elijah Phelps, b. 1746/ d. 1823; Daniel d. Jan.
23, 1785. Res., Coventry, Conn. ^ \*^f\^
^th gen. Children: - ,V ., ^-,fi
698 Daniel Pomeroy, b. Aug. 3, 1750. + ' ' ' ' \^ \-^
699 Hon. Eleazar Pomeroy, b. Oct. 24, 1752. 4- \
700 Elizabeth Polan Pomeroy, b. ]\Iay 10, 1755. +
273 ELIZABETH POMEROY, (Noah, Joseph, Eltzveed), b. 1729, Col-
chester, Conn.; m. Jan. 27, 1750, Joshua Smith of Colchester, b.
Jan. 31, 1729.
5th gen. Children:
701 Child, b. Aug. 29, 1750; d, soon.
702 Elizabeth Smith, b. April 12, 1752.
703 John Smith, b. March 12, 1754.
704 Mary Smith, b. March 6, 1756.
705 Temperance Smith, b. March 21, 1758.
274 JOHN POMEROY, (Noah, Joseph, Eltzveed), b. Aug. 12, 1733,
Somers, Conn.; m. Jan. 1, 1762, Esther Kibbee of Somers, b. 1731, d.
Sept. 27, 1808; he d. Sept. 21, 1810. Res., in Somers, Conn.
5th gen. Children:
706 Esther Pomeroy, b. March 21. 1763. 4-
707 John Pomeroy, b. May 1, 1764. +
708 Abi Pomeroy, b. Oct. 3, 1765 ; m. Aug. 28, 1794, Joseph Billings.
709 Tryphena Pomeroy, (twin with Abi) b. Oct. 3, 1765 ; m. Isaac Davis.
710 Jude Pomeroy, b. Aug. 20, 1769. 4-
711 AzuBAH PoMEROY, (twin with Jude) b. Aug. 20, 1769. +
712 Elijah Pomeroy, b. Sept. 17, 1771 ; unm.
713 HIR.VM PoMEROY, b. Nov. 1, 1773. +
714 Ammittai Pomeroy, b. Sept. 17, 1776. +
276 DEACON JOSHUA POMEROY, (Noah, Joseph, Eltweed) h. Feb.
^^ 27 1737, Simers, Conn.; m. Nov. 15, 1759 Mary Davis of Staff od,
Conn., b. April 30, 1736, d. March 30, 1805; he d. March 30, 181..
^th gen. Children:
715 Ma^y Pomeroy, b. Nov. 15, 1760. +
716 Elizabeth Pomeroy, b. Sept. 19, 1763. +
717 LuciNDA Pomeroy, b. July 24, 1765 ; d. May 23, 1766.
718 Capt. Samuel Pomeroy, b. Feb. 2, 1767. +
719 Eunice Pomeroy, b. Dec. 11, 1769. +
720 Joshua Pomeroy, b. April Id, 1774. +
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"We will not hide them from their childhren,
showing to the generation to come the praises
of the Lord, and his strength, and his wonder-
ful works that he hath done."— Psalms.
^1 CAPT ELISHA POMEROY, (John, Ehenezer, Medad, Elt-
weed)' b Tan 29, 1721, Northampton, Mass.; military service in
Te French and Indian wars; m. about 1743, Esther Wright; he d.
June 26, 1762. Res., Northampton.
6th gen. Children:
721 Elihu Pomeroy, b. Aug. 12, 1744.
722 Esther Pomeroy, b. Dec. 4, 1745. +
723 Elisha Pomeroy, b. Oct. 19, 1748; d. 1748.
724 Susanna Pomeroy, b. 1756; d. 1777.
725 Rachel Pomeroy, b. abt. 1758. +
726 Nancy Pomeroy, b. 1761. +
322 RACHEL POMEROY, (John Ebene.er, Medad f^ff)'^^
April 14, 1723, Northampton, Mass.; m. ^^^ 1741, Lieut- Isaac
Newell of Farmington, Conn., b. Aug 11, 1711, d^ J"f%^;J793,
son of Samuel Newell and wife Sarah Norton; she d. Sept. 16,
1776; he m. (2) Rhoda Andrews (widow of Elisha Warren) , s. p.
by her.
6th gen. Children, all by ist wife:
727 Mercy Newell, b. April 2, 1742; m. (1) Steplien Root ; m. (2)
May 16, 1769, Col. John Strong; she d. Sept. 9, 1784. -i_
728 Deacon Pomeroy Newell, b. April 2, 174o; m. Nov. 28, 177U,
Elizabeth Carter; he d. Oct. 21, 1831. +
^33 3^i^^l| (Sptt^raltun - Bthnh
729 Capt. Simeon Newell, b. Feb. 5, 1748; m. Sept. 15, 1772, Mercy
Hooker. + „^^ ^ , * , i
730 Sarah Newell, b. 1751 ; m. in 1779, Lemuel Andrews. +
731 Isaac Newell, b. Jan. 31, 1753; m. IMary Warren +
732 Rachel Pomeroy Newell, b. 1757; m. Roswell Cook ot l:-arm-
ington, Conn., b. May, 1756. .^ ,^0-, c 1, A^r
733 aIhbell Newell, b. July 7, 1759; m. Jan. 10, 1793, Sarah War-
ren; he d. Feb. 10, 1836. + ^ c . oa 17^1
734 QuARTUS Pomeroy Newell, b. July 7, 1761; d. Sept. 24, 1/51.
735 Rev Gad Newell, b. Sept. 10, 1763; gr. Yale, 1/86; m. June 10,
1795, Sophia Clapp; he d. Feb. 26, 1859. +
7th gen. Children of Mercy and John Strong, (7^7) ■'
736 Eleanor Strong, b. April 18, 1770; m. Jan., 1788, Joel Root, b.
Aug. 30, 1770, d. Jan. 12, 1847, son of Col. Elisha Root and wife
Lucy Curtis, merchant in New Haven, Conn., after 1800; she d.
July 5, 1853. + . ^ ri •
737 Stephen Strong, b. Nov. 6, 1772, Torrmgton, Conn., m. Hepzi-
bah Bunce of Hartford, Conn. ; he d. April 2, 1828.
738 Elijah Strong, b. Feb. 17, 1774, Torrington; m.; farmer at Aus-
tinburg, Ohio; d. March 22, 1828.
739 Pomeroy Strong, b. April 9, 1777, Farmington, Conn. ; m. Susan
North, b. June 6, 1775, d. :May 23, 1863, dau. of John North; he
d. Sept. 13, 1861. ^ . t^ 1^ 10m
740 Edmund Strong, b. April 28, 1781, Farmington; m. Dec. 16 IbOJ,
Anna Gillett, b. June 21, 1784, d. Aug. 18, 1868, dau. of Dea.
Nathan and Lucy (Harrison) Gillett of Morgan, Ohio; he d.
Aug. 25, 1844. . ion7
741 Mercy Pomeroy Strong, b. April 15, 1784, Farmington; m. 180/,
Roswell Austin of Austinburg, Ohio, b. July 10, 1781, New Hart-
ford, Conn., d. Jan., 1868, son of Judge Austin, founder of the
town of Austinburg; she d. 1823.
Children of Pomeroy and Elizabeth Newell, (72S):
7A2 Roxanna Newell, b. Jan. 12, 1775, Southington; m. Nov. '4,
1795 Eli Barnes, son of Asa and Phebe (Adkins) Barnes, b.
May 21, 1775, d. July 27, 1827; she d. April 11, 1812; he m. (2)
Susan Morris, wid. of Willet Bradley. .
743 Lucina Newell, b. Nov. 17, 1779; m. (1) April 25, 1804, Cor-
nelius Dunham, Jr., b. Jan. 29, 1777, d. Jan. 6, 1823; she m. (2)
Nov. 6, 1825, Robert Foote, Jr. ; she d. Nov. 23, 1852. ^
744 Electa Newell, b. Feb. 2, 1783; m. Dec. 21, 1801, Royce Lewis
of Walcott, Conn.; she d. 1808; he d. 1848.
745 Rachel Newell, b. May 12, 1790, Southington, Ct. ; m. Nov.
22, 1812, John Albert Hart, son of Levi and Philanthea (Allen)
Hart, b. May 31, 1789, d. Oct. 20, 1823; she d. Jan. 26, 1824.
746 Lucy Newell, b. Jan. 11, 1793, Southington; m. Romeo Warren;
resided in Chenango, N. Y.
Children of Simeon and Mercy Newell, (729)'
747 William Pomeroy Newell, b. June 14, 1779; m. Miss Hooker;
settled at Sodus Bay, N. Y. ; d. there.
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748 Henry Hooker Newell, b. April 27, 1781 ; m. Laura Cook, d. at
St. Johns, Mo., Sept. 20, 1838; she was a descendant of Capt.
Joseph \\^adsworth, who, according to tradition, concealed the
Royal Charter of Connecticut from Gov. Andros in an oak tree,
which tree was afterwards known as the Charter Oak; he d. May
9, 1819, Augusta, Ga.
749 Roger Sherman Newell, b. ISIarch 28, 1791; m. (1) Aug. 1,
1821, Naomi Hawley, dau. of Asa and Diodamia (Root) Hawlev,
b. July 29, 1804, d. Feb. 20, 1839; m. (2) May 28, 1840, Mary
Seymour of Hartford. Ct., d. Aug. 28, 1860; settled at Scott's
Swamp, Farmington, Ct. ; he d. Dec. 1, 1863.
Children of SaraJi and Lemuel Andreivs, (730):
750 Sylvester Andrews, b. May 6, 1780; m. Nov. 24, 1803, Elizabeth
Parker Clark of Clark Farms, Ct. ; in 1807 they moved to Wynd-
ham, N. Y., thence to Poughkeepsie, where he d. Dec. 13, 1857;
he was a noted school-teacher; she d. from cholera July 24, 1849.
751 Sarah Andrews, b. 1783; d. Oct. 15, 1805. A tombstone was
erected to her memory by Jonathan Peck, of Kensington, Ct., to
whom she was betrothed.
752 Aruma Andrews, b. 1787; m. Dec. 16, 1816, Lucy Walker, dau.
of Gideon; he d. Oct. 7, 1826; she m. (2) Ebenezer Fisk, son of
Capt. Solomon Fisk; she d. iVpril 27, 1875, Avon, N. Y.
753 Lemuel Andrews, b. Nov. 15, 1790; m. (1) Laura Curtis, dau.
of Leverett and Ruth (Barnes) Curtis, d. Dec. 22, 1822, ae. 22;
he m. (2) Emma Lewis, dau. of Elisha and Lois (Lee) Lewis, d.
Nov. 6, 1826, ae. 25; he m. (3) Mary Ann Lewis, (sister of his
second wife) Jan. 23, 1843; he d. May 1, 1844. One child by each
wife.
Children of Isaac and Mary Newell, (731):
754 QuARTus Pomeroy Newell, b. Jan. 1, 1781; m. Feb. 28, 1805,
Lucy Foote, dau. of Capt. Robert and Rachel (Lewis) Foote, b.
Jan. 6, 1783, d. March 20, 1853; he d. May 24, 1873, New Brit-
ain, Ct.
755 Catherine Newell, b. Aug. 18, 1782; m. Nov. 18, 1804, Marcus
Curtiss, b. Sept. 19, 1780, d. Dec. 1, 1868; she d. Sept. 10, 1870.
756 Elisha Newell, b. April 1, 1784; m. Nov. 11, 1815, Lucy Caul-
kins, b. March 3, 1789, Waterbury, Ct., d. Sept. 20, 1830; they
moved to Galena, Ohio, 1808; he d. June 9, 1872.
757 Polly Newell, b. Nov. 21, 1788; m. Nov. 9, 1809, Levi Hart,
son of Levi and Philanthea (Allen) Hart, b. Oct. 15, 1786, d.
Dec. 3, 1828; she d. Oct. 14, 1868.
758 Orra Newell, b. Oct. 29, 1790; m. Oct. 6, 1813, Lewis Foote,
son of Robert and Rachel (Lewis) Foote, b. Sept. 16, 1789.
759 Isaac Newell, b. July 4, 1797; m. 1826, Parmela Duncan, dau.
,of Matthew Duncan of Putnam Co., Ga. ; merchant in Milledge-
ville, Ga., when it was a frontier town; she d. Sept. 23, 1867; he
d. Oct. 11, 1866. +
760 Mercy Newell, b. Aug. 20, 1799; m. Jan. 22, 1823, James Loyal
Barrett, son of Urbane Barrett. They lived just south of Newell
Comers, Conn.
195 iFtftft (Stmttdwn - iK?bab
761 Bryan Newell, bp. June 2, 1812; m. Aug. 22, 1831, Azubah
Loveland, dau. of Elijah and Azubah (Scoville) Loveland of
Kensington, Conn., b. Dec. 22, 1805, d. Jan. 31, 1834; he m. (2
her sister) Adaline Loveland, b. April 20, 1810; lived in South-
ington, at Nevvell's Corners, Conn.
Children of Ashhell and Sarah Newell, (733):
762 Anna Newell, b. Nov. 18, 1793; m. Jan. 26, 1814, Selah North
of Middletown, Conn., who d. Aug. 13, 1850; she d. July 28, 1830.
763 Sarah Newell, b. Feb. 14, 1797; m. Jan. 1, 1832, Joseph Daven-
port of West Hartford, Conn., b. Sept. 25, 1806.
764 Julia Newell, b. July 6, 1800; m. June 26, 1823, Roswell Brad-
ley, son of Ichabod Bradley and wife Abigail Moore, b. July 2,
1794, d. April 10, 1851; she d. Aug. 15, 1855.
765 Rhoda Andrus Newell, b. Feb. 14, 1806; m. March 12, 1839,
Hiram London, who d. Sept. 6, 1865 ; she d. Oct. 14, 1844.
Children of Gad and Sophia Newell, (735):
766 Oliver Pomeroy Newell, M. D., b. Dec. 7, 1796; m. Feb. 16,
1832, Betsey Greenwood; d. Jan. 28, 1877.
767 Ursula Sophia Newell, b. Sept. 27, 1806; m. the Rev. John S.
Emerson, b. Dec. 28, 1800. They went to the Hawaiian Islands
as missionaries, returning to this country but once, in 1860. She
was bp. as Ursula, but at the time of her marriage "Sophia"
was added at the request of her parents. Of their eight children,
one is a Congregational minister, two are physicians, and one is
a civil engineer. +
8th gen. Of the Children of Eleanor and Joel Root, (736):
768 Olivia Ann Root, b. Oct. 10, 1788; m. in 1805, Samuel Badger,
b. Dec. 6, 1786, Windham, Conn., d. March 14, 1866, son of Ed-
ward Badger and wife Lucretia Abbe; gr. Yale; lawyer of Phila-
delphia, Pa.; she d. Jan. 22, 1827. +
Children of Isaac and Pamela Newell, (759):
769 Mary Warren Newell, b. 1827; m. (1) Samuel R. Hodges of
Columbus, Ohio; he d. 1863; m. (2) 1871, Dr. E. P. Hartwell, a
planter at New Albany, Ga.
770 Isaac Newell, Jr., b. 1830; m. 1867, Mrs. Kate Calloway; d.
1868.
771 Walter Duncan Newell, b. 1836; a law\'er; d. 1859.
772 Joseph B. Newell, Lieut.-Col. of the 2d Georgia infantry; served
with Gen. Longstreet in the Confederate army; d. ae. 34.
77Z Tomlinson Fort Newell, b. Jan. 31, 1838; m. Dec. 15, 1869,
Amsben Colquitte, dau. of Gen. Alford Colquitte; he was in
Stonewall Jackson's corps, of Lee's army; was wounded several
times; lost a leg at Gettysburg; lawyer at Milledgville and planter.
Children of Ursula S. and John S. Emerson, (767) :
77A Samuel Newell Emerson, b. Oct. 10, 1832, Honolulu, Hawaii;
d. Aug. 12, 1910, s. p.
775 William S. Emerson, b. Oct. 22, 1834, Honolulu, Hawaii; d.
April 24, 1852, s. p.
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776 John Lowell Smith Emerson, b. Jan. 4, 1837 ; d. July 17, 1849.
777 Nathaniel B. Emerson, b. July 1, 1839; physician in Honolulu,
Hawaii.
778 Justin Edwards Emerson. M.D.. b. Aug. 11, 1841; A.B. Wil-
liams Col., 1865; m. Dec. 26, 1877, Willimena Hannah Eliot, b.
Jan. 30, 1852; A.B. Vassar: A.M. 1879; M.A. New York, 1877;
dau. of William Horace Eliot of New Haven, Conn. (gr. Yale
Col.). Res., Detroit, Mich. +
779 Joseph S. Emerson, b. July 13, 1843; gr. Boston (Mass.) Insti-
tute of Technolog}^- m. Feb. 17, 1900, Dorothy Lamb.
780 Rev. Oliver Pomeroy Emerson, b. Dec. 27, 1845; m. Feb. 13,
1896, Eugenie Homer. Res., East Providence, R. L
781 Sophia Elizabeth Emerson, b. Jan. 24, 1849; m. July 19, 1882,
Samuel Mann; d. June 18, 1883.
gth gen. Of the Children of Olivia A. and Samuel Badger (768):
782 Samuel Badger, b. Aug. 16, 1824; m. Dec. 19, 1843, Cornelia E.
Holmes, b. April 30, 1829, d. May 9, 1891; he d. May 21, 1863. +
Children of Dr. Justin E. and Willimena H. Emerson, (778):
783 Paul Eliot Emerson, b. July 14, 1880, Kalamazoo, Mich.; gr.
Williams Col., 1902, A.B.; m. Grace Elizabeth Vary, Newark,
N. Y.
784 FiLiP Law Emerson, b. Nov. 7, 1882, Detroit, Mich.; gr. Cornell
University. 1902, M.E.
785 Ralf de Pomeroy Emerson, b. June 8, 1885, Detroit; gr. Williams
Col., 1907, A.B.
loth gen. Of the Children of Samuel and Cornelia E. Badger,
(782):
786 Mary Olivia Badger, b. Dec. 5, 1846; m. Nov. 15, 1870, Wilbur
Fisk Paddock, b. Nov. 27, 1831, d. June 11, 1903; she d. Jan.
3, 1902. +
nth gen. Of the Children of Mary O. and Wilbur F. Paddock,
(786):
7S7 Rev. Ernest Moorhead Paddock, b. Jan. 19, 1872; m. April 26,
1900, Margaret Warner, b. Oct. 4, 1880, d. June 5, 1911. +
I2th gen. Children of Ernest M. and Margaret Paddock, (787):
788 Alexander Mackay Smith Paddock, b. July 3, 1901.
789 Dorothea Paddock, b. Feb. 8, 1907.
325 JOHN POMEROY, {John, Ehenezer, Medad, Eltzveed), b. about
1728; m. July 11, 1753, Hannah Merrick, dau. of Thomas Merrick
(of Springfield) and Abigail Brewer, b. May 11, 1731; he d.
March 3^ 1760; she m. (2) Dea. Jonathan Hunt; she d. 1801.
6th gen. Children:
790 Simeon Pomeroy, b. April 21, 1754. +
791 Cynthia Pomeroy, b. Dec, 7, 1755. +
792 Luther Pomeroy, b. Nov. 8, 1757. +
793 John Pomeroy, b. Dec. 9, 1759; soldier of the Revolution; cap-
tured by the British and consigned to one of the prison ships in
IB7 Jtftit (S^n^ratimt - iH^Jiah
Boston harbor; when he was released by exchange, he was given
a poisoned biscuit, and died March 11, 1777.
326 CAPT. OLIVER POMEROY, (Jolm, Eheneser, Medad, Elt-
weed), b. 1729; m. Nov. 22, 1750, Mary Lyman, dau. of Ben-
jamin Lyman and Mary Moseley, b. Feb. 22, 1730; settled at
Rocky Hill, Wetherford; he d. Sept. 30, 1776. Soldier of the
Revolution.
6th gen. Children:
794 Dan Pomeroy, b. Sept. 15, 1751; d. Sept. 30, 1751.
795 Rachel Pomeroy, b. Sept. 15, 1754. +
796 Mary Pomeroy, b. 1757; d. Aug. 24, 1762.
Oliver Pomeroy, b. and d. 1761.
329 TITUS POAIEROY, {John, Ehenezer, Medad, Eltweed), bp. Oct.
19, 1736, Northampton; m. Mary , b. 1739, d. Jan. 16, 1801,
South Hadley; settled in South Hadley, where he kept a public
house; his name appears in a list of soldiers 1759, for ser\^ice in
the French and Indian wars; he d. in South Hadley Feb. 3, 1758;
letters of administration were granted his widow in 1778.
6th gen. Children:
797 Simeon PoiiEROY, b. about 1760. +
798 Rachel Pomeroy.
799 Roxalana Pomeroy^ b. 1766. +
800 Hannah Pomeroy. +
801 Mary Pomeroy.
330 EBENEZER pomeroy, (Ebenezer, Eheneser, Medad, Eltweed),
b. May 1, 1723; m. Mindwell Lyman, b. July 29, 1721. d. Oct.
9, 1797, dau. of Capt. John Lyman and Abigail Moseley of West-
• field; he d. 1800.
6th gen. Children:
802 Ethan Pomeroy, b. about 1744. +
803 Abigail Pomeroy, b.
804 Hannah Pomeroy, b. ; m. 1786, John Colton.
805 Eunice Pomeroy; m. Jan, 6, 1774, Ebenezer Clark of West Hamp-
ton, Mass.
806 Rhoda Pomeroy; m. 1793, David Warren.
807 Elizabeth Pomeroy, bp. Dec. 23, 1753. +
808 Mindwell Pomeroy, bp. April 11, 1756. +
809 Ebenezer Pomeroy, bp. Nov. 19, 1758; m. Feb. 5, 1795, Sarah
Wolcott, b. Jan. 15, 1764, dau. of Epaphras Wolcott and Mabel
Bumham.
810 Solomon Pomeroy, bp. Feb. 9, 1761.
333 STEPHEN POMEROY, {Ebenezer, Ebenezer, Medad, Eltweed),
b. July 13, 1732; m. Dec. 19, 1759, Eleanor Lyman, b. 1735, dau.
of John Ljmian and Abigail Moseley ; settled near Hadley, Mass. ;
^ ffifttFalngu nf tit? Pom^nig 5FamtIg 19B
j he d. 1768, and his widow was appointed administrator; she m.
j (2) Sept. 13, 1775, Oliver Morton of Whateley, Mass.
6th gen. Children:
811 Eleanor Pomeroy, bp. 1760. +
812 Ends PoxMeroy, b. April 23, 1761. +
813 Electa Pomeroy, bp. Jan. 13, 1765; m. March 29, 1786, Lewis
Stiles.
814 Elisha Hawley Pomeroy, b. March 22, 1767.
334 HEMAN POMEROY, (Ebeneser, Ehenezer, Medad, Eltweed), b.
June 27, 1734; m. Dec. 15, 1763, Esther Lyman, b. 1745, dau. of
Benjamin Lyman and Mary Moseley ; he d. Dec. 27, 1781 ; she m.
(2) Jan. 7, 1789, Lieut. Samuel Parsons, whose first wife was
Lucy Pomeroy, who d. April 12, 1782; Esther d. June 4, 1829.
6th gen. Children:
815 Temperance Pomeroy, bp. Jan. 27, 1765; m. 1787, Justin Clark;
she d. Sept. 20, 1807.
816 Oliver Pomeroy, b. Oct. 4, 1767 ; m. Oct. 7, 1795, Sibble Pomeroy,
(1219) dau. of Daniel and Svbil (Kent) Pomeroy.
817 Heman Pomeroy, b. July 8, 1770. +
818 Moses Pomeroy, bp. May 22, 1772; slain by Indians at St. Clair's
defeat in Ohio, Nov. 2, 1791.
819 Roswell Pomeroy, bp. Feb. 26, 1775. +
820 Esther Pomeroy, bp. July 20, 1777; d. Dec. 7, 1851 ; unm.
821 Elijah Pomeroy, bp. May 9, 1780; d. Jan. 25, 1810.
336 ESTHER POMEROY, (Ebeneser, Ehenezer, Medad, Eltweed),
bp. Aug. 7, 1736; m. Elijah Lyman, bp. Aug. 8, 1736, son of Lieut.
Gideon Lyman and Esther Strong, who d. Aug. 7, 1783; she d.
April 7, 1783. Resided in Northampton.
6th gen. Children:
822 Elijah Lyman, bp. Sept. 7, 1771 ; d. Aug. 24, 1778.
823 Esther Lyman, m. Elijah Arms, Jr.
824 Martha Lyman, m. 1795, Jacob Smith.
345 ADINO POMEROY, {Josiah, Ebeneser, Medad, Eltweed), b.
Sept. 27, 1732, Northampton; m. (1) Nov. 18, 1760, Lois Strong,
b. March 4, 1737, d. March 14, 1801, dau. of Capt. Asahel Strong
and Ruth Hooker; m. (2) March 18, 1802, Sarah Christopher of
Middletown, Conn., to which place he removed in 1772. He was
a tanner, and Oct. 24, 1768, while a resident of Northampton, he
bought property on Main street, Middletown; he carried on busi-
ness there, and he and his wife were admitted to the First Church
by letter from Northampton, Feb. 25, 1770. Pittsfield, Mass.
6th gen. Children:
825 Polly Pomeroy, bp. Sept. 27, 1761. +
826 Nancy (Anne) Pomeroy, bp. Feb; 19, 1764. +
827 Lois Pomeroy, bp. March 30, 1766; d. April 7, 1776.
133 3FiftI) S^tXFratuin - i^thnh
828 Clarissa Pomeroy, bp. June 12, 1768. +
829 William Pomeroy, b. Aug. 24, 1770; d. May 16, 17/1.
830 Sarah Pomeroy, b. April 21, 1772. + ,^ ,-.,.
831 Susanna Pomeroy, b. Oct. 14, 1774; d. Aug. 10, 1775.
832 Lois Pomeroy, b. April 27, 1777 ; d. Feb. 19, 1827 ; unm.
833 William Pomeroy, b. April 2, 1780; lived in Pittsfield, JSIass. ;
joined the Shaker community at Lebanon, N. Y. ; d. there, unm.
834 John Pomeroy, b. Aug. 2, 1784. +
346 ELEAZER POMEROY, (Josiah, Ehenezer, Medad, Eltweed), b.
Oct. 17, 1734; m. Oct. 5, 1756, Lydia Phelps; removed from Sun-
derland, Mass., 1762, to Northfield, thence to Chesterfield, N. H.,
and to Vermont in 1773.
6th gen. Children:
835 Susanna Pomeroy, bp. Oct. 2, 1757.
836 Pamela Pomeroy, b. Jan. 6, 1760. +
837 Solomon Dodge Pomeroy, bp. March 31, 1761.
838 Martin Pomeroy, b. Jan. 23, 1763; m. Nov. 25, 1790, Dorcas
Chamberlain.
839 Lydia Pomeroy, bp. Sept. 1, 1765 ; d. 1776.
840 Catherine Pomeroy, bp. Sept. 20, 1767; d. 1776.
841 Mehitable Dodge Pomeroy, b. Sept. 7, 1769; d. 1770.
842 Eleazar Pomeroy, bp. March 17, 1771.
New Hampshire State Papers, Vol. 16, page 603, has the followmg:
"To the Committee of Clames or Treasurer _ r r-u .
"Be Plesd To Pay to Colo Samll King what is Due to the Town of Chester-
field for Soldiers Crd By way of ^^P''^^^^^^°\gg§'^^j;RVEY
"ELEAZAR POMERAY
"SAME DAVIS
"Chesterfield, December 16, 1783. Selectmen for Chesterfield."
(In the index this name is spelled Eleazar Pomeroy.) , . „ .
Also, in New Hampshire State Papers, we find the following:
"Tories recommended to be discharged from Bonds.
"Wheras Ebenr Harvey, Elezar Pomeroy & Saml King were put under
Bonds by the Court held at Keen .last June, and wheras the last years com-
mittee Rote some things to the Committee of Safety Att Exeter Concermng
their taking the oath of fidelity and as others taken with them_ w-e understand
are Discharged, We as the present Committee and Selectmen ot this i own are
willing that the sd Ebenr Harvey, Elezar Pomeroy and Saml King should be
Discharged without Their sd Oath. . . „
^ "JONATHAN HILDRETH, Chairman Committee.
347 SHAMMAH POMEROY, {Josiah, Ebenezer, Medad, Eltweed),
b. Oct. 24, 1736; m. April 11, 1765, Anna Mattoon, b. April 20,
1744, d. Aug. 30, 1817, dau. of Nathaniel M. :Mattoon and Hannah
Hubbard; saddle and harness business in Northfield; soldier of the
French and Indian war. Resided, Northfield, Mass.
6th gen. Children, h. in Northfield:
843 Sophia Pomeroy, b. Tan. 11, 1766; m. Jan. 28, 1787, Obadiah
Dickinson, b. 1757, Yale College, 1778, d. 1844; she d. Jan. 14,
1844.
844 Chester Pomeroy, b. Jan. 20, 1768. +
CiFtt^alcgg of tI|F Pnm^rng iFmtttlg 200
845 Anna Pomeroy, b. March 8, 1770; m. Nov. 3, 1793, Lucius Hub-
bard of Chester, Vt. ; a lawyer.
846 Patty (AL\rtha) Pomeroy, b. July 13, 1772; m. July 1, 1795,
Dea. Elijah Paine of Ashfield, Mass., b. Nov. 29, 1760; gr. Yale
. College, 17S9; lawyer in Ashfield; she d. Jan., 1842; had six sons,
three daughters; names not ascertained.
847 William Pomeroy, d. June 6, 1776. +
aiS LUCY POMEROY, {Josiah, Ehenezer, Medad, Eltiveed), b. Feb.
15, 1739, at Northampton, Mass.; m. there Nov. 16, 1768, Lieut.
Samuel Parsons, b. June 30, 1733, at Northampton, d. Dec. 9,
1812, son of Lieut. William Parsons (John, Joseph) and wife
Mary Ashley; she d. April 12, 1782; he m. (2) Jan. 7, 1789,
Esther Lyman Pomeroy (dau. of Benjamin Lyman and wife Mary
Moseley, and widow of Heman Pomeroy, son of Ebenezer and
Elizabeth Hunt, his wife) ; Mrs. Esther Parsons d. June 4, 1829,
ae. 84.
6th gen. Children, b. at Northampton, Mass.:
848 Mary Parsons, b. Oct. 3, 1769; m. Zepheniah Ht3t! Judson, ^.
Dec. 13, 1770, at Woodbury, Ct; son of Joseph Judson, (Joseph,
John, Joseph, William of New Haven, Ct.) and his third wife,
- Lydia Hull ; she d. Feb. 5, 1826. +
849 Sarah Parsons, b. Jan. 3, 1771; m. 1806, (his second wife) Dr.
Charles L, Seegur, b. April 10, 1763, at Menhardt, Germany, d.
May 30, 1848, at Northampton; he was learned in the sciences;
she d. IMarch 28, 1858. +
850 Anne Parsons, b. May 9, 1773; d. Nov. 1, 1794; unm.
851 Capt. Luke Parsons, b. Nov. 22, 1774; cavalry captain in the
war of 1812; m. Sept. 8, 1801, at Wethersfield, Vt., Nancy Streeter,
b. May 11, 1784, d. July 23, 1853, dau. of Johnson Streeter and
wife Lydia Mason; he d. March 11, 1852, at Wellsboro, Pa. +
852 Lucy Parsons, b. Feb. 24, 1777; m. Dec. 23, 1797, Heman Pom-
eroy, (817) b. July 1, 1770, son of Heman Pomeroy and wife
Esther Lyman; she d. Dec. 3, 1843, at Easthampton, Mass.; re-
sided at Hanover, N. H.; returned to Northampton, Jan. 15, 1803,
where he d. Feb. 16, 1852.
853 John Parsons, b. Oct. 22, 1778; m. Hannah Rogers at Rutland,
Vt, b. June 1, 1790, d. May 15, 1882, at Clarksville, N. H., dau.
of Daniel and Betsey Rogers; he was drowned in a mill-pond
near Pittsburg, N. H., Dec. 1, 1835. +
854 George Parsons, b. April 3, 1782; (his mother died nine days
later) ; m. Sept. 7, 1806, Sophia Lee, b. Dec. 30, 1773, at Becket,
Mass., d. July 10, 1849, at Joliet, 111., dau. of David (David, David,
David, John of Farmington, Conn.) and Tabitha Lee; he d. Sept.
6, 1872, at Kalamazoo, Mich. +
yth gen. Children of Mary and Zepheniah H. Judson, (848):
855 Fanny Judson. 857 Lucy Judson.
856 Nancy Judson. 858 Julia Judson.
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859 OcTAviA JuDSON, d. June 5, 1825; bu. by the side of her mother
at Johnson's Creek, Niagara County, N. Y.
860 Hull Judson, b. 1806; d. July 4, 1828.
861 George Judson.
862 Mary Judson.
863 Samuel Parsons Judson, b. IMarch 22, 1800; m. (1) April 21,
1821, Edith Sheldon, b. Jan. 1, 1798, at Kingsbury, N. Y., d. Jan.
17, 1832, at St. Louis, Mo.; he m. (2) Ann Janette Bumham; he
d. at Court-house Rock, Neb,, Jan. 15, 1849.
864 Emelixe Judson.
Children of Sarah and Dr. Charles L. Seegtir, (849):
865 Eliza Seegur, b. March 11, 1807; d. Sept. 26, 1885; unm.
866 Edwin Seegur, b. 1811; d. about 1880.
867 Augusta Seegur, b. April 21, 1813; d. Feb. 14, 1890.
868 Augustus Seegur, (twin with Augusta) b. April 21, 1813; d. be-
fore 1885.
Children of Luke and Nancy Streeter Parsons, (851):
869 Lucy Mason Parsons, b. Aug. 5, 1803, at Wethersfield, Vt.; m.
Oct. 16, 1831, Lewis Darling, ^iX>., b. :March 5, 1804, at Wood-
stock, Vt., d. July 23, 1882, son of Seth Darling (Thomas, Ben-
jamin, Denice) and Chloe Marsh (Joseph), gr. Dartmouth Col-
lege, 1829; surgeon of the 161st N. Y. Vol. Inf. in the Civil War;
settled in Lawrenceville, Pa., 1831; she d. there March 22, 1884. +
870 Emeline Barton Parsons, b. Oct. 30, 1805; m. Oct. 17, 1831,
Otis L. Gibson, M.D., b. June 8, 1807, at Croydon, N. H., d. July
31, 1863, at Wellsboro, Pa., son of William Gibson and wife Abi-
gail Sanger; she d. at Wellsboro, May 6, 1865.
871 Caroline Parsons. 875 Alexander H. Parsons.
872 Osden W. Parsons. 876 Juliett Parsons
873 Lorenzo M. Parsons. 877 Luke J. Parsons.
874 Noble L. Parsons. 878 Nancy S. Parsons.
(Eight children died in infancy.)
879 Ellen Chipman Parsons, b. June 12, 1819, (adopted Dec, 1819),
at Palmyra, N. Y., dau. of Stephen Chipman and wife Hannah
Stone; m. Feb. 6, 1838, Dr. Oliver Van Dusen, b. Oct. 9, 1814; he
was killed by the falling of a flag-pole in Troy, Pa., Sept. 5, 1844;
she d. Sept. 14, 1905, at Allandale, N. J.
Children of John and Hannah R. Parsons, (853) :
880 Betsey Parsons, b. 1817; m. about 1837, Calvin Prouty of Here-
ford, P. Q., who d. Feb., 1866; she d. Nov., 1869. Lived in
Canaan, Vt.
881 Samuel H. Parsons, b. Sept. 21, 1820; m. March 15, 1848, Han-
nah Munn of Hereford, P. Q., b. June 18, 1824, dau. of James
and Fanny Munn.
Children of George and Sophia Lee Parsons, (854):
882 Jane E. Parsons, b. June 20, 1807; m. May 6. 1832, William
Augustus Strong of Joliet, 111. ; hardware merchant.
883 George Parsons, Jr., b. Sept. 21, 1809; d. May 16, 1812.
884 Sophia Streeter Parsons, b. March 22, 1812; m. Nov. 3, 1835,
Hon. Charles Edward Stuart, b. Nov. 25, 1810, at jMartha's Vine-
yard, Mass., son of Dr. Charles Stuart and wife Catherine Par-
sons. He was a member of the House of Representatives, 1847-
1852; United States Senator from Michigan, 1852; he raised and
equipped the 13th Michigan Infantry, and was chosen and com-
missioned its Colonel but owing to ill-health ' he was unable to go
to the front; he d. at Kalamazoo, Mich., May 19, 1887.
8th gen. Children of Lucy M. and Dr. Lewis Darling, b. Law-
renceville, (86p) :
885 Otis Luke Darling, b. and d. 1832, at Lawrenceville, Pa.
886 Lewis Gibson Darling, b. July 14, 1833; d. May 17, 1834.
887 Horace Madison Darling, b. Feb. 6, 1835; m. July 31, 1870,
Mollie James, b. June 17, 1836, at Glanmorganshire, South Wales,
Gt. B.; d. Jan. 16, 1880; he m. (2) Oct. 18, 1892, Hannah Mary
Webb, b. June 1, 1842, at Goshen, N. Y., dau. of Festus Ambrose
Webb and (his first wife) Sarah Jane Smith; he was gr. from the
University of Michigan; member of Sigma Phi Society; was M.
D., LL. D., and a Mason. At the outbreak of the relDellion he
was in the South and became chief-surgeon on the staff of Con-
federate General Pemberton; he d. June 21, 1900, Pine City, N. Y.,
bu. at Elmira, N. Y.
888 BosTOCK Jason Darling, b. Nov. 24, 1836; d. Sept. 2, 1846.
889 Luke Parsons Darlinq, b. Jan. 5, 1839; Hobart College, Geneva,
N. Y. ; member of Sigma Phi Society; Royal Arch Mason; com-
missary of subsistence in the Confederate army; d. Feb. 24, 1889,
at Kansas City, Mo.; bu. at Lawrenceville, Pa.
890 Lewis Darling, Jr., b. Oct. 19, 1840; gr. University of Michigan,
1866; physician and surgeon; assistant-surgeon in both the army
and navy of the United States during the Civil War; practiced
medicine in Lawrenceville, Pa.; m. Jan. 1, 1867, Julia Lavilla Day,
b. Aug. 5, 1843, at West Avon, Conn., only~dau. of Carlos Curtis
Day (Erastus) and wife Lavilla Woodruff (Titus). +
891 Thomas Velpeau Darling, b. Oct. 16, 1842; military service in
the United States marine corps during the Civil War; m. May 3,
1868, Delphine Charles, b. June 1, 1849, at West Cameron, N. Y.,
dau. of Henry Charles and wife Maria Whitmarsh of Lawrence-
ville; he d. Sept. 22, 1890, and in Oct., 1909, his remains were
removed to the National Cemetery at Arlington, Va. ; Mrs. Darling
removed to Washington, D. C, in 1891.
892 Emmeline Gibson Darling, b. April 2, 1845; gr. Hartford
(Conn.) Female Seminary, 1864; unm. Makes her home with
her brother, Lewis Darling.
pth gen. Children of Lewis and Julia L. Darling, b. Lawrence-
ville, (890):
893 Arland Lewis Darling, b. June 22, 1870; physician and surgeon;
m. Nov. 3, 1897, Rue Bowman Lindsley, b. July 29, 1869, at Em-
porium, Pa., dau. of Clarence Lindsley (Abram) and Eliza Clarke.
894 Carlos Parsons Darling, b. May 8, 1876; gr. Hobart College,
203 Wxttli (^Ftt^ratuin - m^hnh
Geneva, N, Y., 1894; member of Sigma Phi Society; he has the
commissions of Capt. Luke Parsons, war of 1812; also, oil paint-
ings (1802) of Capt. Luke Parsons and wife. He is in business
as druggist at Lawrenceville, Pa., and manager of Bell Tele-
phone Co,
895 Walter William Darling, b. March 20, 1880; gr. Brooklyn (N.
Y.) College of Pharmacy, 1901 ; druggist at Lawrenceville, Pa. ;
m. Jan. 1, 1910, Ellen Maria Perkins, b. Sept. 5, 1881, at Baldwins-
ville, N. Y,, dau. of Charles Jenckes Perkins and wife Anna The-
resa Holihan of Williamsport, Pa.
lOth gen. Children of Arland L. and Rue B. Darling, b. Law-
renceville, Pa., (8p^):
896 Lewis Arland Darling, b. Sept. 15, 1898.
897 Charles Mason Darling, b. Dec. 12, 1899.
898 Waldo Pomeroy Darling, b. Jan. 31, 1909.
349 JOSIAH POMEROY (Josiah, Ehenezer, Medad, Eltweed), b.
July 11, 1741; gr. Yale College, 1762, M.D.; m. Joanna Wright
of Northfield, 1762 ; settled in Warwick, Mass. ; he was banished
as a loyalist during the Revolution; lived for a time in Keene, N.
H.; and on Long Island; d. Aug. 17, 1821.
6th gen. Children:
899 Olive Pomeroy, b. Aug. 16, 1763. +
900 Phineas Ashley Pomeroy, b. Dec. 10, 1764. •+■
901 Josiah Pomeroy, b. Sept. 1, 1767. +
902 Eliphaz Pomeroy, b. April 13, 1770.
903 Aaron Pomeroy, b. May 27, 1772. +
904 Joanna Pomeroy, b. March 6, 1774.
905 Arad Pomeroy, b. July 31, 1776. +
906 Nancy Pomeroy, b. Feb. 24, 1780; unm.; d. in Salem, Mass.
907 Henry Pomeroy, b. Aug. 11, 1782. +
Gen. Reed was a resident of Keene, N. H., for a few years, occupying the
confiscated estate of Dr. Josiah Pomeroy, which was leased to him by the btate.
(See New Hampshire State Papers, vol. 11, pp. 672-675.) In connection with the
same confiscated estate. Vol. xvi, p. 435, New Hampshire State Papers, has the
following:
"Dec. 18, 1780. Petition of James Reed of Keen, N. H." After reciting
many grievances, continues:
•'Whereupon your Humble Petitioner Petitioned this Honble Corte for some
relief by way of the evacuated farms for which he has hazarded his life & for
the convenens of exercise and some other reasons mentioned to this Honble
Corte Dr. Josiah Pomeroyes of Keen as he was an absentee the Honble Corte
was graciously pleased to make him a grante of a part of sd Farme in Nov 1779
under sarting limetations but as your Petitioner could not enter by virtue of sd
grante he was obliged to pay £350 for the use of sd Farme until the first day
of May 1781. Sd Farme being now the property of this State is to be inven-
tured & sold att Vandue. Your Petitioner hath made inquiry & finds that the
sd Doct Pomeroyes Purches was some £700 & the sd estate owes sum moar
than £500. Proses of one not of morn £400 will not give up the obligation
short of the value in silver money or at the exchange now common."
He then recites: "That he had not received allowance from the Continent
for loss of pay and was obliged to pay £350 for use of sd Farme for one year
out of the nominal sum of established wages praying the Corte to take all the
surcumstances under consideration.
"James Reed, B. G."
350 EUNICE POMEROY, {Josiah, Ehenezer, Medad, Eltweed), b.
Sept. 8, 1743; m. (1) 1772, Jonathan Hall; m. (2) Nov. 25, 1779,
Rev. Noah Williston of West Haven, b. July, 1773; gr. from Yale,
1757, ordained at West Haven, Conn., June, 1760; m. (1) Han-
nah Payson, of Pomfret, Conn., who d. 1769, ae. 27 ; he d. Nov.
10, 1811; Eunice d. April 4, 1807. He had four children by first
wife, upon whom Eunice lavished all motherly love and attention.
6th gen. Children:
908 Payson Williston, b. 1764; gr. from Yale 1783; settled as
pastor in Easthampton, 1789; d. Jan. 30, 1856; ae. 92.
909 Sarah Williston, b. 1765; m. Rev. Richard Salter Storrs of
Lyme, Conn., father of Richard Salter Storrs of Braintree, Mass.,
and grandfather of Richard Salter Storrs of Brooklyn, N. Y.
910 Rev. David Howe Williston, who settled in Tunbridge, Vt.
911 Hannah W^illiston, m. Rev. Ebenezer Kingsbury, who settled in
Jericho, Vt., removed thence to Hartford, Pa., where he died. He
graduated from Yale in 1783; d. 1842.
351 DOROTHY POMEROY, (Josiah, Ebenezer, Medad, Eltweed),
b. Feb. 2, 1745; she was an intellectual young lady of high per-
sonal accomplishments; m. Nov. 20, 1770, Gov. John Treadwell,
LL. D., of Farmington, Conn., b. Nov. 23, 1745, d. Aug. 18, 1823,
son of Ephraim, (John, Samuel, Edward) ; settled in Middletown,
Conn., and engaged in mercantile pursuits. His father was a
mechanic by calling, of a competent fortune and a standing among
the most respectable of the town. Both parents were pious and
both lived to an advanced age, and after peaceful and serene lives,
died in the faith of the Gospel. John Treadwell received the rudi-
ments of an English education at the village common school; but
when he was 16 years of age his father offered him opportunity
for a liberal education and gave him one week to deliberate on
the choice. He accepted the offer and entered Yale College in
1763, graduated in 1767, and studied law. He was unsuccessful
as a merchant in his native town, but extricated himself by enter-
ing upon the manufacture of nitre, then in demand for use in the
army.
"Hon. John Treadwell was the last of the Puritan Governors
of Connecticut; the last example afforded by their annals of the
union, in the person of the chief magistrate, the statesman and the
theologian. His exclusion from ofHce after many years of tried and
faithful service to the state, constituted the first departure from the
line of 'steady habits' of Connecticut, and was the new order of
things, retaining but few characteristics of the ancient connection
between church and state." — {Memoir by Prof. Olmstead of Yale
College.)
205 Jtftlj (^mtmtwn - lUrlJab
6th gen. Children:
912 Dolly Treadwell, b. Nov. 28. 1771 ; d. March 18, 1774.
913 Dolly Tre.\dwell. b. March 22, 1774; m. March 26, 1794. Ro-
manta Norton (widower), b. April 3, 1768, d. July 31. 1839. son
of Ichabod Norton and wife Ruth Strong ; she d. Nov. 19, 1860. +
914 Eunice Treadwell, b. July 13, 1776: m. ]March 26, 1794, Erastus
Gay, b. Sept. 21, 1772, d. May 27, 1855. son of Fisher Gay and
wife Phebe Lewis; she d. June 24. 1808. +
915 John Pomeroy Treadwell, b. Oct. 19, 1778; m. Feb. 13, 1805,
Hannah Edwards Wetmore, dau. of Deacon Oliver W'etmore of
Middletown, Conn.; settled at Middletown, where he engaged in
mercantile business; she d. there April 5, 1857; he d. Oct. 11, 1839,
Baltimore, Md. +
916 Lucy Treadwell, b. May 18, 1781; m. Aug., 1803, Rev. Amasa
Jerome, b. 1775, Stockbridge, Mass., d. April 5, 1832. New Hart-
ford, son of Samuel Jerome and wife Lucy Foster ; she d. Sept.
26, 1804. +
917 George Treadwell, b. Oct. 4, 1783; m. Nancy Curtiss; d. July
25, 1842. +
918 Mary Treadwell, b. Dec. 28, 1786; m. Sept. 17, 1814, Erastus
Perry, b. April 17, 1787, Richmond, Mass., d. May 3, 1858, Al-
bany, N. Y., son of Rev. David Perry and wife Jerusha Lord; she
d. Aug. 10, 1825 ; he m. (2) Clarinda Crittenden, dau. of Levi
Crittenden of Richmond, Mass. +
fth gen. Child of Dolly and Romania Norton, (913):
919 John Treadwell Norton, b. ; m. Mary Pitkin, dau. of Hon. Tim-
othy Pitkin; she d. 1829; he m. (2) Elizabeth Griswold, dau. of
Dr. Mason Griswold of Hartford, Conn. ; he d. Sept. 5, 1852.
Children of Eunice and Erastus Gay, (914) :
920 Fisher Gay, b. Feb. 21, 1795; m. Harriet Wadsworth, dau. of
Luke Wadsworth.
921 Phebe Gay, b. Feb. 12, 1799; m. Sept. 29, 1823, Thomas Mygatt
of Canton, Conn., b. Oct. 25, 1797, d. July 25, 1875, son of Thomas
Mygatt and wife Lucy Oakes; she d. Dec. 13. 1869.
922 Mary Gay, b. Dec. 22. 1802; m. Oct. 12, 1825, Henry Root, b.
July 27, 1792, d. Sept. 7, 1853, son of Mark Root and Abi Wood-
ruff; she d. Aug. 30, 1886, Buffalo, N. Y.
923 William Gay, b. Sept. 22, 1805.
924 Almira Gay, b. Aug. 31, 1807; d. Jan. 6, 1872.
925 Charles Gay, b. Jan. 7, 1814.
926 Elizabeth Perkins Gay, b. Aug. 12, 1818; d. Dec. 26, 1851,
Farmington, Conn.
Children of John P. and Hannah Treadwell, (915):
927 Oliver Wetmore Treadwell, b. Dec. 31, 1806; m. July 31, 1834,
Anna Helena Kramer, dau. of Frederick Kramer and Mary Ren-
frew; he conducted Mount Hope Seminary for young ladies in
Baltimore, but later resided in New Haven, Conn.; he d. April
7, 1879.
928 Eunice Gay Treadwell, b. July 23, 1808; d. Nov. 24, 1808.
929 ToHN Goodwin Treadwell, b. Jan. 26, 1811; m April 30 1841,
Ellen Tinker Holmes, dau. of Jacob Holmes and Anna Tmker,
shed. Jan. 3, 1870; bed. June 25, 1900. .«.. ^ Mavl4
930 William Brewster Treadwell, b. Jan. 26, 1813, m. May i^,
1844 Mary Eliza Adams, dau. of Roland Adams and Lydia Web-
st^'of Albany. N. Y.; she d. Jan. 15, 1872; he d. Apnl 16 1869.
931 Dr Samuel Edwards Tre.\dwell, b. Dec. 17, 1815, m. bept. i^,
1836 Anna Stamp, dau. of Mordecai Stamp of Talbot County,
Md • he d. April 30, 1860, in New York. ,o -.q.c
932 SARAH Wetmore Treadwell, b. May 20, 1818; d. May 18, 1845;
933 Edward Francis Treadwell, b. Aug. 29, 1820 ;m. April 21 1847
^ Rola Hamil, dau. of Thomas Hamil and Elizabeth Carter of
Baltimore, Md., b. Jan. 23, 1823 d. Jan. 1, 1888, f^^hing N^ Y^,
he was an attomey-at-law in New York City; d. Feb. 9, 1868,
Flushing, N. Y.
Children of Lucy and Amasa Jerome, (916):
'934 George Jerome.
935 Lucy Jerome.
Children of George and Nancy Treadwell, (917) '•
936 Lucy Treadwell; m. Augustus Cowles of Farmington, Conn.
937 Emma Treadwell; m. Daniel Sparhawk of New Hampshire; he
938 George' toTiss Treadwell; m. 1836, Amy Roberts, dau. of Eli
Roberts of Albany, N. Y.
,939 Jane Treadwell.
940 Ann Treadwell, m.
941 Henry Treadwell, m. Eliza Roberts.
Children of Mary and Erastus Perry, (918):
942 John Strong Perry, b. 1815; m. Mary Jane Willard, dau. of
Josiah Willard of Plattsburg, N. Y.
943 Roger Hooker Perry, b. 1817; d. 1818.
944 Samuel Perry, b. 1819; d. 1820.
945 Mary Perry, b. and d. 1821.
946 Mary Perry, b. 1823. , , , -ij u 4.u^
947 Mary Norton Perry, b. Dec. 28, 1828; was the only child by the
second wife.
V& BENJAMIN POMEROY, (Josiah, Ebenezer, Medad, Eltweed),
b. March 16, 1747; m. Nov. 21, 1770, Esther Clarke dau of Dea.
Josiah C. Clarke, b. Nov. 24, 1748, Northampton, d. Jan. 12, 1827;
he d Oct 20 1834. They settled in Williamsburg, Mass., to
which place they moved about 1777. He was a Sergeant in Capt.
Oliver Lyman's company, in the war of the Revolution.
6th gen. Children:
948 Samuel Pomeroy, b. Oct. 27, 1771. +
949 Lydia Pomeroy, b. Aug. 11, 1773. +
950 Selah Pomeroy, b. Oct. 7, 1775. +
2UZ 3Ftftl| (gnwatinn - Btht^
■ 951 JosiAH PoMEROY, b. Jan. 5, 1778. +
952 Esther Pomeroy, b. Jan. 27, 1781 ; m. Gains Searle of Southamp-
ton, Mass.
953 Lucy Pomeroy, b. May 19, 1783; m. (1) March 10, 1802. Phineas
Graves of Hatfield, who d. 1815; m. (2) 1842, Israel Searle of
Southampton.
954 Dea. William Pomeroy, b. July 24; 1785. +
955 Mary (Polly) Pomeroy, b. Sept. 4, 1787. +
354 REV. SETH POMEROY, (Seth, Ebenecer, Medad, Eltweed), b.
Sept. 26, 1733; gr. from Yale, 1753; in Sept., 1749, he was re-
ceived as a well-qualified member of Yale College, and during his
four years continuance there he applied himself to his studies with
uncommon diligence, and was esteemed one of the best scholars
of his time. In Sept., 1753, he received the first honors of the
. college. The next year he was admitted to full communion with
the Church of Christ in Northampton, Mass. Some months of the
year 1756 he spent at Cambridge in the study of theology, and in
July took a degree there. In Sept. of the same year he returned
to New Haven and received the honor of Master's degree, soon
after which he was appointed one of the tutors of Yale College.
He was licensed to preach by the Association in the county of
New Haven, in June, 1757, and his ministration in the pulpit
was much admired from the first. It was soon after this that the
church in Greenfield invited him to come and preach. He ex-
celled in the languages, in history, and oratory; and his delivery
was graceful. Two years after his call to preach at Greenfield,
Sept. 19, 1759, he m. Sarai Law, b. March, 1737, who d. May 6,
1783; she was dau. of Ex-Governor Jonathan Law of Massa-
chusetts and Eunice Hale; he d. at Greenfield Hill, Conn., July
1, 1770.
6th gen. Children:
956 Seth Pomeroy, b. July 24, 1766, Greenfield, Conn.; d. in infancy.
957 Jonathan Law Pomeroy, b. Sept. 12, 1768, Greenfield; gr. Yale
College, 1801, (Hon.) A. M.; studied theology; m. Oct. 20, 1792, at
Preston, Conn., Betsey Coit, dau. of Benjamin Coit and Mary
Tyler (widow of Elijah Boardman). He settled in the ministry
at Worthington, Mass., where he remained as a successful and
respected pastor thirty-eight years. He d. at Feeding Hills, Jan.
4, 1836; s. p.
958 Theophilus Pomeroy; no records at hand.
959 . Martha Law Pomeroy, b. 1773. +
355 QUARTUS POMEROY, {Seth, Ebenezer, Medad, Eltweed), b.
May 14, 1735, Northampton; he followed his father's business
of smith and gunmaker, and farmer; m. (1) Nov. 4, 1762, Phebe
Sheldon, b. Aug. 10, 1735, d. May 30, 1776, dau. of Benjamin
Sheldon; he m. (2) Oct. 10, 1776, Rachel Pomeroy (his cousin), dau.
of Lieut. Daniel Pomeroy and Rachel Moseley, b. Jan. 14, 1741-5,
d. Nov. 18, 1826. Service in the Revolution as private in Capt.
Sfttpalogo of tlir Pnmprng Jamtlg 203
Hezekiah Russell's company, May 6, 1782; he was also a Lieu-
tenant in one of the three companies of militia from Northampton,
after the reorganization of the First Hampshire Regiment, and
the Minute-men were organized from these companies. On the
13th of June, 1780, he was appointed on the committee to raise
soldiers to fill the quota required from Northampton. This com-
mittee had unlimited power, and whatever they promised the re-
cruits the town agreed to fulfill. The bounty paid at this time
for soldiers was £300, equal to about £S in hard money, the
ratio being, (not 16 to 1) but 60 to 1. At a meeting, Oct. 13,
1780, he was elected a representative, Mr. Ephraim Wright being
also elected to that office; he was also prominent in all new edu-
cational enterprises. He died Nov. 3, 1803.
6th gen. Children, (by ist zvife) h. at Northampton:
960 Frances Susan Pomeroy, b. Nov. 3, 1763; d. 1823, unm.
961 Thaddeus Pomeroy, b. Oct. 23, 1764. +
962 Phebe Pomeroy, b. Feb. 9, 1766. +
963 Martha Pomeroy, b. Feb. 15, 1768. +
964 Julia Pomeroy, b. Aug. 5, 1770; d. Sept. 14, 1773.
By second wife:
965 Seth Pomeroy, b. June 30, 1777. +
966 George Pomeroy, b. Aug. 8, 1779. +
967 Rachel Pomeroy, b. July 4, 1781. +
968 Betsey Pomeroy, b. Aug. 1, 1783. +
969 Julia Pomeroy, b. March 4, 1786; d. March 22, 1786.
970 Julia Pomeroy, b. June 10, 1787. +
(From the New England Historic and Genealogical Register, 1874):
"In the time of Quartus Pomeroy, son of General Seth Pomeroy.
"Deerfield, Mass., Sept. 6, 1773.
"Vote d, That L. D. Field, John Williams, and Joseph Barnard be a com-
mittee to apply to Mr. Quartus Pomeroy, of Nhampton & get him to come up &
take a view of the Meeting House Bell & if he can mend it to agree with him
to do it & if he thinks it must be sent home to be new cast or run sd Committee
are hereby empowered to send the same to England or get it run in this country
if practicable as soon as may be & also to take such addition of metal as shall
make it weigh 500 weight. (Attest)
"John Hawkes, Moderator."
' 356 DR. MED AD POMEROY, (Seth, Ebeneser, Medad, Eltweed),
b. Nov. 12, 1736, Northampton; gr. Yale College, 1757; physician
at Northfield and Warwick; m. Oct. 15, 1767, Sarah Hunt, b. Feb.
26, 1746, dau. of Capt. Samuel Hunt (sister of Gov. Hunt of
Vermont) and Anna Ellsworth (who was dau. of John Ellsworth
of Windsor, Vt.) ; Dr. Pomeroy removed from Northfield in 1769,
but returned in 1788; he d. in Warwick, Mass., Oct. 28, 1819.
6th gen. Children:
971 Medad Pomeroy, b. March 28. 1769; d. April 17, 1769.
972 Sarah Pomeroy, b. May 25, 1771; d. Aug. 3, 1848; unm.
973 Martha (Patty) Pomeroy, b. Aug. 5, 1773. +
974 Mary Anna Pomeroy, b. July 5, 1775 ; d. May 1, 1793.
209 3^iftl| (SnwtuXwn - iHrbab
975 Medad Pomeroy, b. Aug. 11, 1777. +
976 Fanny Pomeroy, b. Jan. 5, 1780. +
977 Seth Pomeroy, b. iLy 20, 1782. +
978 Arad Hunt Pomeroy, b. Jan. 15, 1785. +
979 John Pomeroy, b. July 12, 1787. +
While many of the Pomeroy men were engaged in putting down Shays'
rebellion, Dr. Medad Pomeroy was one of the victims. About the 21st of May.
1787, the rebels "had the audacity to seize the persons of two respectable citizens
of Massachusetts, Mr. Joseph Metcalf of Orange, and Dr. Medad Pomeroy of
Warwick, whom they carried to Vermont. Their avowed desjgn^was to hold
them
prisoners
rebellion, so called after one of the leaders, was inaugurated by an effort on the
part of insurgents to interfere with the processes of the several courts in the
colony of Massachusetts in 1787, and for a time it met with partial success, not only
blocking the wheels of justice, but some of the rioters plundered to\yns and de-
livered prisoners from jails. It was not long, however, before the insurrection
was put down, and measures taken to bring to trial the leaders. While some of
the leaders were condemned to death in Hampshire county, two or three were
reprieved at the foot of the gallows, and eventually all were pardoned.
357 CAPT. LEMUEL POMEROY, (Seth, Ebenezer, Medad, Elt-
weed), b. Sept. 24, 1738, Northampton; m. (1) 1765, Louise Pyn-
chon, who d. Oct. 6, 1775, ae. 36; m. (2) 1776, Eunice Lyman,
who d. Nov. 25, 1788, ae. 39, dau. of Dea. Elias Lyman and Anna
Phelps; m. (3) Sept. 5, 1790, Betsey White Bliss, b. Dec. 17, 1747,
d. Jan. 17, 1836, dau. of Capt. Joel White of Bolton, Conn., and
widow of Rev. John Bliss, by whom she had a number of chil-
dren. Lemuel Pomeroy settled in Southampton as early as 1766;
he joined the church there and was returned to the State Legis-
lature for forty years. He exerted great influence in town af-
fairs, and was, like his ancestors, a natural born leader, such an
one as every town needs. He was a gentleman of the old school,
tall, erect and very graceful in person. His dress was in the
Gen. Washington style. A local history says of him: "At an
early period in his life, Capt. Lemuel Pomeroy was elected to the
General Court, and was continued in the office without intermis-
sion for nearly forty years, when he was the oldest member in
the Legislature. In times of public difficulty he proved himself a
firm friend of his country. He was respected and a worthy citi-
zen, an exemplary professor of religion, a supporter of good order
in society, unshaken in his integrity — an honest man." He d.
Dec. 14, 1819.
6th gen. Children by ist wife:
980 Clarissa Pomeroy, b. 1766; d. 1822; unm.
981 Lemuel Pomeroy, b. 1768; d. 1776.
982 Louisa Pomeroy, b. 1768, (twin with Lemuel); d. young.
983 LovisA Pyxchon Pomeroy, b. 1769. +
984 Sarah Pomeroy, b. 1770. +
985 Quartus Pomeroy, b. 1772; d. in New York; unm.
986 Margaret Pomeroy, b. Oct. 20, 1773. +
Children by 2d unfe:
987 Eunice Pomeroy, b. March 30, 1777; d. May 23, 1777.
988 ' Lemuel Pomeroy, b. Aug. 18, 1778. +
989 Gamaliel Pomeroy, b. Feb. 15, 1780. +
990 Eunice Pomeroy, b. May 11, 1782; d. May 20, 1808; unm.
991 Theoehdre Pomeroy, b. March 14, 1785. +
992 Harriett Pomeroy, b. May 23, 1787. +
Capt. Lemuel Pomeroy served at intervals throughout the Revolution in
command of a company of Southampton troops. In July, 1777, the company
marched to reinforce Gen. Gates, with the regiment commanded by Col. Moseley
of Westfield, to meet Gen. Burgoyne's advancing army. They went by way of
Greenbush to Saratoga, thence to Moss Creek, near Fort Edward. As Burgoyne
approached the regiment fell back to Stillwater, and after six weeks' service
they were discharged. After remaining at home about one month, there was
another alarm and he enlisted again, joining Col. May's regiment, with his
Southampton company. Under this alarm the company remained and was pres-
ent at the surrender of Burgoyne. In the battle of Bemis Heights the regiment
was stationed on the left near the Hudson. When Gen. Burgoyne retreated
beyond Schuyler's Creek, the troops followed close. Lemuel Pomeroy's com-
pany was among those that crossed the creek in a fog and suddenly found
themselves under the British guns. They crouched beneath the bank, recrossed
the creek and fell back.
Lemuel Pomeroy was also Captain of the Southampton company. Gen.
Seth Pomeroy's regiment, which marched in response to the alarm of April 19,
1775; "also Captain of the 7th (1st Southampton) company, 2d Hampshire
county regiment of Massachusetts militia. His name is also in a list of officers
chosen by the several companies in said regiment, as returned by said Pomeroy
and others, field officers, dated Northampton. March 22. 1776, and ordered corn-
missioned by the Council April 8. 1776." There are many other entries of his
service during the war in "Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors in the War of
the Revolution."
358 MARTHA POMEROY, {Seth, Ehenezer. Medad, Eltweed), b.
Aug. 12, 1740, Northampton; m. 1764, Rev. Bulkley Olcott, of
Charlestown, N. H., b. Oct. 28, 1733, son of Timothy Olcott and
Eunice White; he was graduated from Yale, 1758; ordained
pastor of the Congregational Church in Charlestown. N. H., May
28, 1761, and d. there June 13, 1792; she d. May 30, 1803.
. 6th gen. Children:
993 HuLDAH Theodosia Olcott, m. Gen. Lewis R. Morris of Spring-
field, Mass., b. 1797; she d. soon after marriage and left one son;
he m. (2) Ellen Hunt, dau. of Hon. Jonathan Hunt.
994 Martha Olcott, b. ; m. Jacob Smith of Royalston, Vt.
995 Theophilus Olcott, b. ; educated at Dartmouth, class of 1800;
lawyer in Royalston, Vt. ; d. unm.
996 Lucretia Olcott, b. ; m. Rev. Hurlbut; resided in Royalston, Vt. ;
they went south, where Rev. Mr. Hurlbut d. ; she m. again and
resided in Cincinnati, Ohio.
359 MARY POMEROY, {Seth, Ehenezer, Medad, Eltweed), b. Aug.
6, 1742, Northampton; m. May 26, 1771, Dr. Levi Shepherd, b.
Jan. 9, 1744, d. Oct. 26, 1805, son of James Shepherd and wife
Sarah Hopkins; she d. Jan. 13, 1762, Northampton. He settled at
Northampton in 1764 or 1765, and opened a store, 1769, Shepherd
(359)
211 Jtftit ^pu^ratum - <Bthnh
& Hunt, for the sale of drugs and medicines, eventually adding
groceries and dry goods to his stock, and other merchandise, much
imported from England, usually found in a well-equipped country
store. He began the manufacture of rope and duck in 1789, which
soon became a valuable article of commerce, and having erected a
factory on the rear of his home lot, north comer of River and Pleas-
ant streets, he was prepared to supply the improved demand. The
government offered a bounty of 8s per bolt for duck, and in the
year 1800 he disposed of large quantities of this cloth. He con-
ducted this business until his death. He was also active in the
Legislature (1796-98), all town enterprises, serving on commit-
tees of inspection and safety, new constitution, canals, school
houses, etc. President of first Board of Directors, Northampton
Bank (1^03). His estate inventoried about $100,000; the wealth-
iest man up to that time.
6th gen. Children, b. at Northampton:
' 997 Mary Shepherd, b. April 28, 1772; m. :May 3, 1794, Dr. Aeneas
Monson of New Haven, Conn., b. Sept. 11, 1763. New Haven.
Conn., d. Aug. 22, 1852, son of Dr. Aeneas and Susan Monson;
gr. Yale. 1780; she d. Feb. 6, 1848. +
998 Sarah Hopkins Shepherd, b. June 23, 1774; m. June 8, 1798,
Hon. Jonathan Dwight, Jr., b. Dec. 28, 1772, Springfield, Mass.,
d. March 29, 1840, son of Jonathan Dwight and wife Margaret
Ashley; she d. Dec. 24, 1848'. +
999 Levi Shepherd, b. Oct. 19, 1776; m. Mav, 1805, Elizabeth
Hutchins, b. 1788, d. Dec. 4, 1820; she d. July'28, 1826. +
1000 Thomas Shepherd, b. March 27, 1778; m. Nov. 30, 1805, Cather-
ine Tryon, b. Dec. 23, . 1782, New Lebanon, N. Y., d. Nov. 24.
1846, dau. of Judge John Tyron and wife Eunice Lay ; he
d. Dec. 23, 1846. Prominent citizen of Northampton, and post-
master, 1830-1841 and 1845-1846, 12 years. +
1001 Charles Shepherd, b. April 11, 1780; m. in 1811, Elizabeth
Howe of Roxburv. :Mass. ; he d. Feb. 27, 1821. 4-
1002 John Shepherd,' b. March 5, 1782; m. Sept. 30, 1805, Henrietta
Tryon, b. Nov. 6, 1784. d. July 21, 1806, dau. of Judge John
Tryon and wife Eunice Lay ; he' m. (2) May 30, 1843, Jeannette
Nichols ; he d. 1852. +
^th gen. Children of Mary and Aeneas Monson, (goy):
1003 Alfred Shepherd Monson, b. Sept. 23, 1796; m. Mary Ann
Patten, b. in 1804, d. April 28. 1887; he graduated from' Yale,
1815, Union of Pennsylvania, M.D.. 1819; he d. May 22. 1870.
1004 Charles Monson, b. 1799; d. unm.
1005 Mary Ann Monson, b. 1802; m. (1) George Y. Cutler; m. (2)
Daniel Whitney. She had three children by each marriage; d.
young.
/ 1006 Frederick Monson. 1008 John Monson.
1007 Aeneas Monson. 1009 William Monson,
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7th gen. Children of Sarah and Jonathan Dwight, (gg8):
1010 Jonathan Dwight. b. Aug. 30, 1799; m. 1825, Ann Bartlett of
Boston; he d. Dec. 28. 1856. +
1011 Mary Shepherd Dwight, b. Feb. 28, 1801; m. April 20, 1825,
Hon. George Bliss, son of George Bliss and Hannah Clark; Yale,
1812; he was for several terms a member of the Massachusetts
Legislature; also, engaged largely in railroad enterprises; he d.
April 19, 1873 ; she d. April 12, 1869. +
1012 Sarah Hopkins Dwight, b. Jan. 22, 1803; m. March 1, 1827,
Hon, George Bancroft, (the historian), b. Oct. 3, 1800; Harvard,
1817; she d. June 26, 1837. +
1013 William Dwight, b. April 5, 1805; Har\'ard, 1825, law; m.
Sept. 16, 1830, Elizabeth Amelia White of Springfield, Mass. +
1014 Thomas Dwight, b. Sept. 27, 1807; Harvard, 1827; m. Oct 26,
1842, Mary Collins Warren of Boston. +
1015 Lucinda Dwight, b. July 7, 1809; m. 1832, Jonathan Chapman,
Jr., lawyer, of Boston. +
1016 Frederick Dwight, b. June 22), 1815; gr. Harvard, law, 1834; m.
-1854, Joanna Theresa Durham, b. Aug. 31, 1833. +
Children of Levi and EU::aheth Shepherd, (999):
4017; Emeline M. Shepherd, b. May 14, 1807; m. Dr. Stevens; d. Aug.
16, 1880; s. p.
1018 Stella Shepherd, b. ; m. Mark A. Miles. +
1019 Charles Levi (renamed Levi) Shepherd, b. 1816; m. 1839,
Percy Keyes Williams, b. 1816, d. 1851; he m. (2) Mary Stan-
ton, b. 1830. +
Children of Thomas and Catherine Shepherd, (1000):
1020 Catherinr Shepherd, b. Aug. 22, 1806; m.- Sept. 14, 1827, Ggden
fEUery Edwards; she d. April 20, 1843. +
-1021 tThomas Shepherd, b. Sept. U, 1808 ; d. Aug. 23, 1809.
1022 -Frederick Shepherd, b. March 25, 1810; d. Sept. 26, 1810.
1023 : Henry Shepherd, b. June 19, 1811; m. Feb. 14, 1838, Elizabeth
c^Strong; m. (2) Sept. 23, 1851, Susan L. B. Munroe, b,; Dec. 31,
]>i821, d. Jan. 11, 1897, Northboro, Mass., dau. of John F. Mun-
-,roe, Boston, Mass., and Susan L. Brigham, Westboro ; he! d. Nov.
-20, 1900. Res., Northampton. +
1024 "Henrietta Tryon Shepherd, b. Feb. 18,. 1813 ;d.: May 9,11872;
unm.
1025 Thomas Shepherd, b. 1817; d. June. 23,; 1855, unm. , at Mari-
posa, California; a "Forty-Niner."
1025.1 M.VRY Shepherd, b. Oct. 11, 1818; d. Oct. 6, 1819.
1026 Jane Shepherd, b. Sept. 23, 1820; d. Sept. 24, 1820.
1027 Mary Shepherd, b. Feb. 12, 1822; d. Jan. 16, 1826.
;iG28 Charles Shepherd, b. April 1, 1824; d. July 21, 1825.
Children of Charles and Elizabeth Shepherd, (looi):
1IO29 Maria Howe Shepherd, b. Sept. 28, 1813; m. Emerson Foote,
\ of Springfield, Mass.; she d. April 9, 1841.
1030 Sophia Shepherd, b. Dec. 3, 1815; d. Dec, 1896; unm.-
1031 Louise Shepherd, d. young.
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(1023)
(Grandson of Mary Pomeroy, 359.)
1032 Sally Shepherd, d. young.
Child of John and Henrietta Shepherd, (1002): %
1033 John Tryon Shepherd, b. June 20, 1806; m. (1) Dec. 25, 1839,
Rebecca Dunlap, b. Feb. 12. 1815, dau. of William and Jane
(Long) Dunlap; m. (2) Mary Stebbins, dau. of Salmon and
Susan (Hine) Stebbins, b. May 2, 1818; m. (3) Elizabeth Steb-
bins; he had a government claim near Kenosha, Wis., where the
children ^vere bom. +
8th gen. Children of Jonathan and Ann Dzvight, (loio):
1034 Ann Bartlett Dwight, b. 1826; m. 1851, Charles Taintor Baker;
she d. 1899.
1035 Jonathan Dwight, b. 1831; m. 1857, Julia Lawrence Hasbrouck.
Children of Mary S. and George Bliss, (loiij:
1036 Sarah Bliss, b. 1826; m. 1849, Hon. George Walker.
1037 George Bliss, b. 1830, m. Catherine Van Rensaeller Dwight.
Children of Sarah H. and George Bancroft, (1012):
1038 Sarah Dwight Bancroft, b. Aug. 18, 1831; d. Jan. 11, 1832.
1039 Louisa Bancroft, b. Jan. 20, 1833; d. Aug. 9, 1850.
1040 John Chandler Bancroft, b. April 24, 1835; Har^-ard, 1854; m.
Aug. 18, 1864, Louise ]Maria Denny.
1041 George Dwight Bancroft, b. Feb. 16, 1837; Harvard, 1856; m.
Louise Tailandier, of France.
Children of William and Elizabeth A. Dzvight, (1013):
1042 Brig.-Gen. William Dwight, b. 1831; m. 1856, Anna Robeson.
1043 Col. Wilder Dwight, b. 1833; Civil War; d. on the battle held,
1862.
1044 Daniel Appleton Dwight, b. 1836; m. 1870, Mary Silsby Peale
of Boston.
1045 Capt. Howard Dwight, b. 1837; d. in service during the Civil
War.
1046 Thomas Dwight, b. 1841; d.
1047 Lieut. Charles Dwight, b. 1842; m. Marianna Humphrey Welch.
1048 Chapman Dwight, b. 1844; gen.-supt. of the Lathrop-Roosevelt
Hospital in New York City.
Children of Thomas and Mary C. Dmight, (1014):
1049 Dr. Thomas Dwight, b. 1843.
1050 Susan Lyman Dwight, b. 1847; d. 1850.
1051 Mason Warren Dwight, b. 1849; d. 1850.
1052 James Dwight, b. 1852.
1053 Mary Veronica Dwight, b. 1856; unm.
Children of Lucinda and Jonathan Chapman, (1015):
1054 Jonathan Chapman, b. 1836; m. Ellen Ir\'in.
1055 Eliza Chapman, b. 1838; m. 1866, Jonathan William Post, of
Brookline, Mass.
1056 Susan Chapman, m. Frederick Dexter.
1057 Mary Chapman.
1058 Florence Chapman, m. Henry R. Dalton.
Children of Frederick and Joanna T. Dwight, (1016):
1059 Alfred Dwicnx, b. 1855.
1060 Edwin Dwight, b. 1857.
1061 Frederick Pomeroy Dwight, b. 1859.
1062 Edgar J. Dwight, b. 1862.
1063 Sarah Cecelia Dwight, b. 1865 ; unm.
1064 Eugene Dwight, b. 1868.
1065 ToHN Dwight, b. 1870.
1066 Sophia Dwight, b. 1872.
1067 Walter Dwight, b. 1872, (twin).
J Children of Stella and Mark A. Miles, (1018):
1068 Mary Miles, m. Sylvester Potter of Oregon, 111.
1069 Augusta Miles, adopted by Mr. Loring of Boston; m. Thomas
B. King; d. 1870.
Children of Charles L. and Percy K. Shepherd, (ist ivife), (loip):
1070 Frank Pomeroy Shepherd, b. 1841 ; m. 1871, Lydia Catherine
Starr. ~
1071 Stella E. Shepherd, b. 1843; m. Charles Clayton Monson.
1072 Emeline Augusta Shepherd, b. 1844; d. 1859.
1073 Ernest Miles Shepherd, b. 1848; m. 1882, Zilpah E. Perkins;
d. 1892.
1074 Charles Percy Shepherd, b. 1851 ; (adopted by Mrs. Virgil
Bogue and renamed Charles Percy Bogue) ; m. Clara Gulick, of
Elgin, 111.
Children by 2d wife, (loip):
1075 Florence Shepherd, b. 1855; m. 1881, Francis Little, of Winona,
Minn,
1076 Nellie Shepherd, b. 1857; m. Charles Harris of Bandera, Texas.
1077 Mabel Shepherd, b. 1861 ; d. young.
1078 Fanny Shepherd, b. 1864; d. young.
Children of Catherine and Ogden E. Edivards, (1020):
1079 Ogden E. Edwards, b. 1829; m. (1) Helen M. Edwards, who d.
1884; m. (2) 1888, Mary Goodloe.
1080 Fanny Edwards, b. 1830; m. Warren Rogers.
1081 Mary Edwards; d, young.
1082 Catherine Edwards; d. young.
1083 Thomas Edwards; d. young.
1084 Robert Sedgwick Edwards, b. 1838; killed in battle during the
Rebellion.
1085 Anna Louise Edwards, b. 1840; unm.
Children of Henry and Elisabeth Shepherd, (ist wife), 1023:
1086 Mary E. Shepherd, b. Nov. 26, 1839; m. in Nov., 1868, James
Cowgill; d. April 3, 1875.
1087 Helen Shepherd, b. Feb. 1, 1842; m. W. Sanford Crane, Sept.,
1868; d. Nov. 20, 1880.
1088 Catherine Tryon Shepherd, b. May 12. 1844; m. June 13, 1867,
Albert Edward Smith, b. Feb. 26, 1845, North Amherst, Mass.,
son of Charles and.Angeline Smith. Res., Springfield, Mass. +
215 3^tftli (gFtt^ratuin - i^thnh
Child of Henry and Susan L. B. Shepherd, (2d zvife), (1023):
1089 Thomas Munroe Shepherd, b. Sept. 18, 1856; unm. Banker.
Res., Northampton. Donor of the Henry Shepherd Surgery Hos-
pital, Northampton, 1901. Designer city seal, Northampton. Re-
ceiver U. S. Court for Taber-Prang Art Co., Springfield. Re-
tired 1907.
Children of John T. and Rebecca Shepherd, (1033):
1090 Jeanette Gallagher Shepherd, b. Aug. 28, 1840 ; m. 1860, Isaiah
L. Hauser. +
1091 William Tryon Shepherd, b. Feb. 14, 1842; m. 1866, Mary
Bragdon.
1092 Frederick Henry Shepherd, b. Oct. 10, 1845; m. Flora Green.
1093 John Herbert Shepherd, b. June 20, 1852 ;^m. Katie
1094 Charles AIonson Shepherd, b. March 6, 1854; m.
pth gen. Children of Catherine and Albert E. Smith, (1088):
1095 Henry Shepherd Smith, b. May 6, 1875; m. Sept. 27, 1898,
Grace M. Schenck, dau. of Marcus P. Schenck and Louise Jones.
1096 Albert Maynard Smith, b. March 18, 1876; d. July 14, 1876.
1097 Philip Wright Smith, b. Jan. 31, 1881 ; d. Aug. 19, 1882, Sprmg-
field, Mass.
Of the Children of Jeanette G. and Isaiah L. Hauser, (logo):
1090.1 Miriam Pomeroy Hauser, b. Nov. 2, 1875, Milwaukee, Wis. ; m.
July 16, 1901, Carl A. Rosser, b. Oct. 2, 1875, Arcanum, Ohio,
son of WilTtam F. Rosser and wife Sarah Olwine. Mrs. Miriam
Pomeroy Rosser passed her girlhood in India with her parents,
who were missionaries, from 1886 to 1893. Res., Arcanum, Ohio.
loth gen. Children of Miriam P. and Carl A. Rosser, b. at
Arcanum, (lopo.i):
1090.2 Bernard Pomeroy Rosser, b. Aug. 15, 1902.
1090.3 Rollin La Barr Rosser, b. May 27, 1904.
1090.4 Harold Armond Rosser, b. Nov. 10, 1905.
1090.5 William Frederic Rosser, b. Aug. 30, 1907.
360 SARAH POMEROY (Seth, Ebeneser, Medad, Eltweed), b. June
17, 1744, Northampton, Mass.; m. Dec. 26, 1770, Abraham Bur-
bank, b. March 7, 1739, son of Abraham Burbank of Suffield,
Conn., and wife Mehitable Dwight; Yale, 1759; prominent lawyer
in West Springfield, member of the Massachusetts Legislature six-
teen years; d. Sept. 8, 1809; she d. Dec. 25, 1808. Res., West
Springfield.
6th gen. Children:
1098 Roland Burbank, b. June 15, 1772; m. (1) Nov. 17, 1802, Sophia
Coit, b. Oct., 1776, dau. of John Coit and Mehitable Tyler of
Griswold, Conn.; he m. (2) Feb. 16, 1815, Henrietta Palmer of
West Springfield, Mass.; he d. Sept. 20, 1845. +
1099 James Burbank, b. March 7, 1775 ; lost at sea about 1796.
1100 Arthur Burbank, b. Oct. 19, 1776; d. Jan. 11, 1777.
1101 Sarah Burbank, b. Feb. 5, 1778; m. Nov. 7, 1798, Capt. Daniel
Moore, b. 1769, of New London, Conn., d. May, 1819; she d.
Dec. 25, 1868, Res., Hartford, Conn., where their children were
bom. -f
1102 Mary Pomeroy Burbank, b. Oct. 30, 1779; m. Oct. 14, 1798,
Ransom Shelton of Plymouth, Conn.; she d. July 14, 1851. +
1103 Arthur Burbank, b. Jan. 9, 1782; m. Nov. 27, 1810, Sarah Bates,
dau, of Eleazer Bates ; she d. Dec. 20, 1870, at Pittsfield, Mass. ;
he was a tanner; d. May 28, 1839. Res., West Springfield. +
1104 Theoda Hunt Burbank, b. June 28, 1783; m. Isaac Seeley, a
lawyer of Cherry Valley, N. Y.; she d. July 28, 1828; s. p.
1105 Susanna Burbank, b. July 27, 1785; m. Isaiah Doolittle of Ply-
mouth, Conn.; she d. March 21, 1841. +
7th gen. Children of Roland and Sophia Burbank, (ist wife),
(1098):
1106 Abraham Burbank, b. May 4, 1804; d. young.
1107 Abiah Bellamy Burbank, b. Dec. 22, 1805; m. Nov., 1826, Den-
ison Baldwin Tucker, b. Oct. 28, 1801, d. Feb. 18, 1858, dau. of
Stephen Tucker and wife Eunice Baldwin; he d. Feb. 18, 1858. +
1108 Sarah Pomeroy Burbank, b. Dec. 22, 1807; d. 1830.
1109 James Coit Burbank, b. July 19, 1810; d. 1813.
1110 Rebecca Coit Burbank, b. Oct. 21, 1812; unm.
Children of Roland and Henrietta Burbank (2d wife), (iop8):
nil Sophia Burbank, b. March 22, 1816; m. April 15, 1840, Elmer W.
Smith, b March 27, 1816, d. Aug. 2, 1853, son of Amasa Smith
and wife Hannah White; she d. Sept. 19, 1884. +
1112 Mary Burbank, b. April 24, 1817; d. Feb. 27, 1824.
1113 Lucy Burbank, b. Dec. 3, 1818; d. Nov. 9, 1819.
1114 George Burbank, b. April 20, 1821; d. Sept. 20, 1890.
1115 Anne Burbank, b. Dec. 13, 1821; m. Sept. 23, 1841, Erastus
Bebee Abbe, b. Oct. 15, 1815, at Enfield, Conn., d. Aug. 27, 1879,
son of Erastus Abbe and wife Sally Bebee; she d. Feb. 19, 1911. +
1116 Martha Burbank, b. Sept. 29, 1823; d. Aug. 20, 1872.
1117 Isaiah Doolittle Burbank, b. Dec. 14, 1825; d. June 16, 1826.
1118 Charles Burbank, b. Aug. 13, 1827; d. Sept. 27, 1827.
1119 Sarah Pomeroy Burbank, b. Aug. 8, 1831; d. Feb. 6, 1837.
Children of Sarah and Daniel Moore, (iioi):
1120 James Burbank Moore, b. Nov. 15, 1799; d. Feb. 7, 1824.
1121 Sarah Moore, b. Aug. 17, 1801; m. Henry Schmuck; she d. Sept.
10, 1870. +
1122 Martha Williams Moore, b. Sept. 13, 1803; m. in 1824, Daniel
Wadsworth, b. 1797, at Farmington, Conn., d. 1851, at Chicago,
111.; she d. at Chicago, 1857. +
1123 Mary Pomeroy Moore, b. July 5, 1805; d. Nov. 16, 1835.
1124 Elizabeth Grant Moore, b. July 25. 1807; d. Aug. 28, 1859.
1125 Lucretia Moore, b. Sept. 7, 1809; d. Sept. 12, 1816.
1126 Susanna Moore, b. May 13, 1812; d. Dec. 8, 1815.
1127 Daniel Moore, b. Nov. 15, 1814; d. Dec. 27, 1815.
1128 Daniel Moore, b. Jan. 16, 1817; d. Nov. 21, 1847.
Children of Mary and Ransom Shelton, (1102):
1129 Frances Burbank Shelton, b. ISOl ; m. Edward A. Nicol. +
1130 Mary Ann Shelton, b. about 1803; d. unm.
Children of Arthur and Sarah Burbank, (iioj):
1131 Sarah Burbank, b. Sept. 25, 1811; d. July 11, 1844, at Pitts-
field, Mass.
1132 Abraham Burbank, b. June 10, 1813; m. April 13, 1834, Julia
M. Brown ; he d. Nov. 23, 1887. +
1133 Hannah M. Burbank, b. July 10, 1814; m. (1) Dec. 31, 1838,
Henry M. Morse, who d. at Chicago, 1854; m. (2) Dec. 18, 1856,
Hiram Hurd.
1134 James Burbank, b. Dec. 28, 1817; m. Dec. 28, 1844, Frances H
Alsbury, who d. July 5, 1882; he d. Feb., 1861. +
1135 Susanna D. Burbank, b. July 9, 1821; m. May 15, 1839, Sylves-
ter C. Wright, d. Dec. 16, 1880; she d. May 13, 1888, Fitchburg,
Mass. +
1136 Theoda Hunt Burbank, b. Aug. 18, 1825; d. May 6, 1877.
1137 Mary Pomeroy Burbank, b. May 30, 1828; m. August M. GHnes
of West Derby, Vt. +
Child of Susanna and Isaiah Doolittle, (1105):
1138 Abraham Doolittle, b. 1809; m. (1) 1833, Juliette Bir^e, b.
1812, d. 1840; he m. (2) 1841, Catherine'Hooker, b. 1814, d.
1895. +
8th gen. Children of Abiah B. and Dennison B. Burbank, (1107):
1139 James Coit Burbank, b. Feb. 29, 1828; m. 18J3, Ellen M. Wall-
bridge.
1140 Anna Louise Burbank, b. Jan. 15, 1832; m. in 1855, Henry R.
Jones.
1141 Frank D. Burbank, b. July 3, 1848; m. April 14, 1877, Harriett
Amelia Malona.
Children of Sophia and Elmer W. Smith, (mi):
1142 Henrietta Smith, b. 1841; m. Henry M. Schenck.
1143 Anna Louise Smith, b. 1844; d. 1853.
1144 Charles Elmer Smith, b. 1849; m. Nettie Clement of Water-
bury, Conn.
Children of Anne and Erastus B. Abbe, (11 15):
1145 Frances Jane Abbe, b. 1843; d. 1872.
1146 Mary Pomeroy Abbe, b. Dec. 31, 1851, at West Springfield,
Mass.; m. March 2, 1881, Walter Anson Smith, b. Jan. 25, 1856,
at Ashfield, Mass., son of Arnold Smith and wife Melinda-
Bronson.
1147 Martha Abbe, b. Dec. 31, 1851 (twin with Mary) ; unm.
Children of Sarah M. and Henry Schmiick, (1121):
1148 Kate Schmuck, b ; m. Frederick J. Sizer of New Haven,
Conn.; he d. there July 28, 1910, ae. 80 years.
1149 Henry Schmuck; m. (1) Theresa Purrington; m. (2) Henrietta
Smith.
Children of Martha W. and Daniel IVadsworth, (1122):
1150 LucRETiA Moore \V.\ds\vorth, b. 1825; d. 1853; unm.
1151 James W'adsworth, b. July 24, 1828, at New Hartford, Conn.;
m. Dec. 16, 1856, Emily Wadsworth Whittlesey, b. Oct. 4, 1830,
at Farmington, Conn., d. Dec. 31, 1900, at Chicago, 111., dau. of
Harvey Whittlesey; he d. Dec. 26, 1900, at Chicago. Res., Chi-
cago, 111. +
1152 Strong Wadsworth, b. at Mexico, N. Y. ; m. Maria C. Phelps,
dau. of Erastus Phelps of Farmington, Conn., and wife Mary
Louisa Bodwell.
Children of Frances B. and Edward A. Nicol, (ii2p):
1153 Edward Nicol, d. in infancy,
1154 Mary Nicol, d. in infancy.
1155 Sarah A. Nicol, b. 1823; m. William Nicol.
1156 Augustus Nicol, b ; m. Esther Cooley of Ohio.
1157 Edward Nicol; unm.; lost at sea.
1158 Fannie A. W. Nicol; unm.
1159 John Nicol, b ; m. Sarah Green of Binghamton.
1160 Robert C. Nicol, d. infant.
Children of Abraham and Julia M. Burhank, (1132):
1161 Charles Henry Blubank, b. Aug. 18, 1835; d. Oct. 3, 1843.
1162 George Wesley Burbank, b. Nov. 8, 1837; m. June 8, 1859,
Samantha L. Steams.
1163 James Arthur Burbank, b. Sept. 12, 1839; m. March 4, 1863,
Mary Sperry.
1164 Mary Elizabeth Burbank, b. Sept. 15, 1841; m. Dec. 12, 1865,
H. a. Smith; she d. Jan. 22, 1886.
1165 Charles Henry Burbank, b. Dec. 29, 1843; m. Jennie H. Brooks.
1166 William Pomeroy Burbank, b. April 4, 1846; m. 1867, Harriet
Merrill.
1167 Edward Alonzo Burbank, b. April 29, 1848; d. Jan. 20, 1849.
1168 Sarah Jane Burbank, b. Jan. 4, 1850; m. March 21, 1887, W.
W. Lamb; d. Dec. 15, 1871.
1169 Roland Eleazer Burbank, b. June 1, 1852; m. Nov. 1, 1876,
Mary Chamberlain.
1170 Herrick Alonzo Burbank, b. Dec. 19, 1854; m. Nov. 1, 1879,
Rose Seibel.
Childreyi of James and Frances H. Burbank, (11^4):
1171 Frances Henrietta Bltibank, b. Oct. 6, 1845; m. Nov. 14, 1866,
Zebulon M. Pike.
1172 Hanson Alsbury Burbank, b. Jan. 26, 1847; m. Oct. 13, 1878,
Mary E. Sparrow.
1173 Cora Raymond Burbank, b. Dec. 18, 1848; m. Jan. 10, 1869,
Capt. Edwin Lilly.
1174 Arthur Burbank, b. Nov. 13, 1850.
1175 James Burbank, b. Feb. 2, 1851; d. Nov. 7, 1854.
1176 Stella Virginia Burbank, b. March 5, 1855.
1177 Edward Plummer Burbank, b. Aug. 10, 1856. ;
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1178 Charles Cushman Burbank, b. July 26, 1858; m. March 27,
1881, Celeste Lacy.
Children of Susanna D. and Sylvester C. Wright, (1135):
1179 Ellen Josephine Wright, b. June 17, 1840, Enfield, Conn.; d.
July 26, 1866, Fitchburg, Mass.
1180 Mary Ann Wright, b. Nov. 24, 1844, Phillipston, Mass.; m.
Sept. 13, 1864, James L. Chapman, b. July 13, 1842, Pittsfield,
Mass. Res., Brookline, Mass. +
Child of Mary and August dines, (1138):
1181 August Glines, m. Ella J. Stetson.
Children of Abraham and Juliette Doolittle (first ivife), (1138):
1182 Sarah Pomeroy Doolittle, b. 1835; d. 1861.
1183 John Birge Doolittle, b. 1836; m. Cornelia Parmelee.
Children of Abraham and (2d -anfe) Catherine Doolittle, (1138):
1184 Catherine Hooker Doolittle, b. 1843; m. 1866, B. Frank-
Marsh.
1185 James Roland Doolittle, b. 1849; m. in 1875, Emma Irwin.
1186 Mary Anne Pomeroy Doolittle, b. 1852; unm.
Qth gen. Children of James and Emily IV. Wadsworth, (1151):
1187 Robert Strong Wadsworth, b. Nov. 17, 1857; d. July 17, 1864.
1188 Grace Lucretia W^adsworth, b. 1859; d. 1861.
1189 Son, b. and d. 1861.
1190 James Robert Wadsworth, b. Nov. 26, 1863; unm. Tax mat-
ters. Res., Chicago, 111.
1191 Ellen Ruth Wadsworth, b. 1865; d. 1866.
1192 Alice Emily Wadsworth, b. Sept. 7, 1870; graduate, University
of Michigan, Ann Arbor ; high school teacher at Evanston, 111. ;
unm.
Children of Strong and Maria C. Wadsworth, (1152):
1193 Amy Bird Wadsworth, b. 1866; unm. Res., Yonkers, N. Y.
1194 Richard Charles Wells Wadsworth, b. 1870; m. Alice G. Bene-
dict, dau. of James B. Benedict and wife Sarah Huntington Bab-
cock; d. s. p. Aug. 2, 1905.
Children of Mary A. and James L. Chapman, b. Fitchburg,
Mass., (1180):
1195 Walter Butler Chapman, b. April 13, 1866; d. April 26, 1867,
Fitchburg,
1196 Josephine Wright Chapman, b. Aug. 20, 1867.
1197 George Daniel Chapman, b. Aug, 29, 1870; m. June 1, 1893,
Helen Spencer of Fitchburg, Mass.; s. p.; he d. May 31, 1900,
Fitchburg, Mass,
1198 Louis Raymond Chapman, b. Aug. 21, 1875.
362 ASAHEL POMEROY, {Seth, Ebenezer, Medad, Eltweed), b.
Dec. 1, 1749, Northampton; m. (1) Nov. 1, 1776, Miriam Clapp,
b. 1752, d. July 19, 1793 ; he m. (2) March 12, 1794, Mrs. Han-
nah Whitney, b. 1754, d. Sept. 18, 1812; he m. (3) Feb. 5, 1813,
Susanna Kent Reed (widow), b. 1757, d. June 26, 1826; he was
a prominent and enterprising citizen, active in town affairs; he
d. March 23, 1833.
6th gen. Children:
1199 Polly Pomeroy, b. Jan. 21, 1778; d. July, 1860, unm.
1200 Miriam Pomeroy, bp. July 16, 1780; d. 1864.
1201 Judith Pomeroy, bp. Nov. 9, 1783; d. Jan. 20, 1804.
1202 Lucretia Pomeroy, bp. Jan. 29, 1786; d. Sept. 22, 1847; unm.
1203 Hannah Pomeroy, bp. Feb. 8, 1795. +
Asahel Pomeroy began keeping public house or inn in 1777, in
the house of his father, which stood on the site of the present Mansion
House, and continued in the hotel business thirty years. He was suc-
ceeded in 1807 by Col. Chapman, and he in 1821, by Hon. Oliver War-
ner. In 1799, Asahel Pomeroy purchased from Seth Wright, the old
Wright homestead, which had been in that family 144 years, and is
designated as No. 1, in Clark's "Antiquities," the Pomeroy homestead
being No. 5. His tavern was the headquarters for travelers and public
business; also, as a resort for pleasure parties, and few men were more
widely known.
Mr. Pomeroy was Selectman for twelve years, chairman of the
school committee, and served four years as Representative in the Gen-
eral Court. The Selectmen of the town in those days were in fact
SELECTMEN ; they were taken from the foremost men of the town.
After he sold his tavern in 1807, and until his death, he kept a private
boarding-house in the house on Main street, near the railroad crossing.
Mr. Edward Warner, who remembered Mr. Asahel Pomeroy, in his
later years, gives the following description of his personal appearance:
"There are but few persons living who can remember the personal appear-
ance of this, one of the most noted citizens of a past generation. He was one
who in any period would have attracted the attention of observers of men.
Belonging to a family noted for public services, of commanding personal ap-
pearance, and a complete type of the men to whom the community looked as an
exemplar of what a prominent citizen should be, it is not wonderful that he
should have impressed his memory upon his younger contemporaries. He is
remembered by the writer as a tall, erect, and dignified man, wearing a blue
coat of the old continental style, with wide lapels and long wide skirts, a long
buflf waistcoat, small clothes and fall-top boots, ornamented with tassels, as a
dress and Sunday suit. His hair was dressed in the old style, powdered and
queued. On week days he usually wore shoes with large silver buckles. But
it was in the old church, on Sundays, that his prominent figure was observable,
as he alone rose in his pew at the signal for singing, and turned his face to the
choir, the hymn book in his trembling hands, shaking with the palsy with which
he was afflicted. His whole appearance made a marked impression on all who
for the first time looked upon him, which was never wholly effaced from mem-
ory. Almost to the day of his death he might be seen on his daily visits to the
center, still maintaining his erect carriage and a good share of his natural vigor
and general majestic appearance. He always reminded one of the portraits of
revolutionary characters (and indeed he was adjutant in a regiment of Minute-
men who responded to the frequent alarms in 1777), which now adorn our mag-
azines and picture galleries. It is something worth relating to have seen one
of these historical men, of whom Northampton can claim a generous share."
By his will, in addition to other bequests, he gave to his nephew, John
Pomeroy, father of John Pomeroy of Brecksville, Ohio, a gun made by his father,
Gen. Seth Pomeroy, and to his son-in-law, David S. Whitney, he gave $100 to
be placed on interest for the benefit of church music in the old church.
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363 PLINY POAIEROY, (Daniel, Ebcnecer, Medad, Eltweed), b.
May 19, 1734, Northampton, only child of Lieut. Daniel Pomeroy
and his first wife, Mary Clapp; he m. Nov. 24, 1757, Sarah Allen,
b. May 11, 1740, dau. of Joseph and Betty Allen, in whose
honor the "Betty Allen Chapter," D. A. R., of Northampton, was
named. She was mother of a large family, among the children
being six sons, who serv-ed in the Revolution army. Pliny was
a soldier of the Revolution, having six enlistments to his credit,
from May 27, 1775, to the last call in 1782, his last service being
with Major Allen, although the date is not given. He was en-
gaged in the cooperage business, and after living for a time in
Westhampton he removed to Westfield, where he had purchased
property in the meantime, and where he d. Nov. 12, 1804; his
widow d. in 1823.
6th gen. Children:
1204 Pliny Pomeroy, b. Sept. 17, 1758. +
1205 Gaius Pomeroy, b. July 11, 1760. +
1206 Elisha Pomeroy, b. Oct. 16, 1762; d. May 31, 1763.
1207 Mary Pomeroy, b. April 16, 1764. +
1208 Elisha Pomeroy, b. Oct. 31, 1766; d. 1767.
1209 Julius Pomeroy, b. May 14, 1769; he was slain in the battle with
French and Indians in Ohio at the time of Gen. St. Clair's de-
feat, Nov. 4, 1791.
1210 Sarah Pomeroy, b. May 3, 1773 : m. Oct. 28, 1792, Stephen Ash-
ley; she d. 1802.
1211 Nancy Pomeroy, b. Oct. 11, 1776; m. Dec. 8, 1795, James Hig-
gins.
1212 Spencer Pomeroy, b. May 14, 1781; settled in Manlius, N. Y.
1213 Charlotte Pomeroy, b. 1783. +
1214 Clarissa Pomeroy, b. July 3, 1785, Northampton.
Pliny Pomeroy's first enlistment was as private in Jonathan Allen's com-
pany, April 27, 1775; he enlisted in Capt. Jonathan Wale's company, Dec. 20.
1776; also, Capt. Oliver Lyman's company, April 8, 1779; also, in Capt. Whip-
ple's company, July 17, 1780. He and others of Northampton left camp Jan. 1,
1780, under the impression that their time was up, and on Oct. 17, 1780, they
were reported as deserters by their captain. Later they returned to the army,
a resolve having been passed on June 15, 1780, remitting the penalties for unin-
tentional desertion if the soldiers returned to duty. They again left the service
without permission, but the charge of desertion was an unjust one, and arose
from a misconstruction (or malice) on the part of their officers as to the addi-
tional time they -were, required to serve; their wages were allowed and made up
for the three years of service by authority of Resolve of April 20, 1781. He
enlisted again on May 6, 1782, in Capt. Ebenezer Strong's company, and again
with Major Allen, for which there is no date.
364 MAJOR DANIEL POMEROY, (Daniel, Ebene::er, Medad, Elt-
weed), h. Northampton, Nov. 3, 1737; m. (1) Sybil Kent of
Suffield, Conn., b. 1741, d. Oct. 12, 1788; m. (2) Jan. 31, 1789,
at Westfield, Mary (Clapp) Emerson, dau. of Ezra Clapp, of
Westfield, Mass., (widow of Elihu Emerson) ; he inherited from
his father, Lieut. Daniel Pomeroy, (slain in the battle of Lake
George), the "Red Tavern" in Northampton, originally Hon.
^pttralngg of ti|^ gomrrog iFamtlg Z2Z
Ebenezer Pomeroy's dwelling and farm-house. After Major Pome-
roy's decease his widow continued the business, and maintained
the celebrity of the tavern. The site of the Red Tavern is now
occupied by a Catholic church. He d. May 3, 1808, Northampton.
6th gen. Children:
1215 Sophia Pomeroy, bp. May 12, 1765. + ,
1216 Ralph Moseley Pomeroy, b. Feb. 22, 1767. +
1217 Ruth Pomeroy, bp. Feb. 12, 1769; m. Sept. 12, 1793, Eli Bush,
of Pittsfield.
1218 Daniel Pomeroy, bp. Oct. 13, 1771. +
1219 Sibyl Pomeroy, b. Jan. 2, 1774; m. Oliver Pomeroy (816) son
of Heman and Esther (Lyman) Pomeroy; she d. at Buffalo, N. Y.
1220 Lucy Pomeroy, b. 1783; d. Dec. 4, 1792.
Daniel Pomeroy was a mill owner and at times controlled valuable mill
privileges. In 1742, and for a number of years, there was a bitter controversy
concerning mill privileges, and the owner of the upper mill brought suit against
the town of Northampton, and by mutual consent the question about the height
of the dam was referred to arbitrators in 1786. Five years elapsed before the
question was_again opened, and then the tow^n complained that the mill was not
kept in proper condition. In the meantime a change of proprietors had taken
place, and in 1791, Capt. Daniel Pomeroy and Moses and Enos Kingsley built
an entirely new dam, put in a new water-wheel, and new grinding and bolting
machinery. When the new dam was completed, the selectmen and proprietors
of the mill placed an iron bar in the rock, thirty-six feet above it, by which to
mark the height of the dam. This ended the controversy. — Trumbull's History
■of Northampton.
In 1778-9 difficulty was met by the county of Hampshire in raising the quota
required for service in the war, and Capt. Daniel Pomeroy became active and
successful in filling the ranks, and in June, 1778, a requisition for 199 men was
filled. One company under Capt. Daniel Pomeroy, from Northampton and
vicinity, went to Albany for service. Their names are not mentioned, but they
joined the division under Gen. Stark. In May the selectmen paid the town
treasurer £153, part of the bounty money raised under the tax of £1300. Of
this sum £90 was paid to Daniel Pomeroy. In 1780 the last call for three-
years' men to serve in the Revolution was not promptly raised, the quota for
Northampton being nine, and the General Court ordered the delinquent classes
to be assessed £518 125 8d, the average cost of raising a man. Major Daniel
Pomeroy was chairman of class No. 5, his territory embracing part of Main and
Elm streets.
365 ABIGAIL POMEROY, (Daniel, Ebenezer, Medad, Eltweed), b.
Sept. 19, 1739, at Northampton, Mass.; m. Dec. 22, 1763, Enos
Kingsley, b. 1740, at Southampton, Mass., d. 1821, at Northamp-
ton; she d. there 1821.
6th gen. Children, h. at Northampton:
1221 Lucretia Kingsley, b. 1764; m. in 1789, Levi Lyman, b. Jan.
30, 1763, son of William and Jemima Lyman. Cashier of the
Hampshire County Bank; chairman of the Northampton Board
of Selectmen; chairman of the County Commissioners; Registrar
of Deeds, 1796 to 1811 and from 1821 to his death. +
1222 Abigail Kingsley, b. 1766; m. in 1791, Joseph Hunt Breck. +
1223 Esther Kingsley, b. 1768; m. in 1790, Joseph Parsons.
1224 Enos Kingsley, b 1770.
1225 Asenath Kingsley, b. 1772; m. Nov. 15, 1796, Jacob Wicker, b.
Feb. 20, 1773, Hardwick, Mass., d. Sept. 15, 1844, Lockport, N.
Y. ; (Jacob Wicker, 1st, his grandfather, was a soldier of the
Revolution) ; she d. there May 18, 1856. +
1226 Sarah Kingsley, b, 1775; m. in 1800, Seth Pomeroy, (965) son
of Quartus and Rachel Pomeroy, b. June 30, 1777; she d. Aug.
10, 1831.
_1227 Rachel Kingsley, b. 1777; m, in 1804, Levi Field.
1228 Jemima Kingsley, b. 1780; m. 1798, Isaac Gore.
1229 Ann Kingsley, b. 1782; m. in 1807, Theodore Parsons.
1230 Sophia Kingsley, b. 1784; m, 1818, Theodore Parsons, (who had
previously m. her sister Ann).
yth gen. Children of Lucretia and Levi Lyman, (1221):
1231 Robert Lyman, b. April 5, 1790; d. Oct. 10, 1820. Lieut, in U.
S. Navy.
1232 William W. C. Lyman, b. March 10, 1792; d. near New Orleans.
1233 Charles Lyman, d. in Georgia, ae. 25.
1234 Clarissa Lyman; m. Oct, 30, 1821, William Richards, missionary
to Sandwich Islands 20 years; returned and d. at New Haven,
Conn., 1861; she d. June 10, 1794.
1235 Lucretia Lyman, b. Sept. 1, 1795; d. March 31, 1807.
1236 Elizabeth Lyman ; m. Aug. 19, 1799, George A. Clark of North-
ampton; d. 1852.
1237 John Lyman, b. July 31, 1801; d. Oct. 4, 1802.
Child of Abigail and Joseph H. Break, (1222):
1238 R.\chel Breck. b. June 6, 1792; m. Jan. 20, 1819, George Hooker,
M. D., b. March 17, 1793, son of John Hooker and Sarah Dwight;
Yale, 1814.
Children of Asenath and Jacob Wicker, (122^):
1239 William Wicker, b. Jan. 2, 1799; m. July 5, 1821, Orilla Bying-
ton ; d. Sept. 29, 1873.
1240 Sally Wicker, b. Feb. 28, 1802.
1241 Maria Wicker, b. May 12, 1804; m. April 29, 1827, John Dean
Perigo; d. May 7, 1878.
1242 George Fr-\nklin Wicker, b. Feb. 1. 1800; m. March 6, 1821,
Jerusha Smith; d. Dec. 3, 1837.
1243 Lawrence S. Wicker, b. Jan. 6, 1806; m. Sept. 28, 1829, Eliza
M. Thompson ; d. June 28, 1847.
1244 Asenath Wicker, b. Nov. 23, 1808; m. June 15, 1829, Isaac
Hitchcock Perigo, of Middlebury, Vt., b. Sept. 10, 1807, Fort
Ticonderoga, N. Y., d. Oct. 25, 1875, Lockport, N. Y. ; she d.
Sept. 1, 1872, Hudson, 111. All of these Wicker children were b.
at Northampton, Mass. +
8th gen. Children of Asenath and Isaac H. Perigo, (1244):
1245 Julia Maria Perigo, b. March 8, 1830; m. Albert H. South-
worth; d. Aug. 30, 1888.
1246 John Dean Perigo, b. Sept. 21, 1832; d. March 22, 1834.
1247 John Franklin Perigo, b. Jan. 25, 1835; d. April 8, 1842.
1248 Charles Herbert Perigo. b. Oct. 1, 1841; m. May 3, 1864, Min-
nie Crompton; d. Jan. 31, 1907.
1249 George Woodruff Perigo, b. Sept.' 18, 1843; m. Nov. 27, 1866,
Emma Birdsall; d. Feb. 4, 1892.
1250 Emily Asenath Perigo, b. Jan. 15, 1836, at Gouverneur, N. Y. ;
m. Jan. 6, 1856, Alonzo John Van Duzee, b. Jan. 6, 1834, Gou-
verneur; she d. April 7, 1865, Dubuque, Iowa. +
pth gen. Child of Emily A. and Alonzo Van Duzee, (1250):
1251 Mary Asenath Van Duzee, b. Dec. 3, 1860, Dubuque, Iowa; m.
Sept. 29, 1887, Isaac Storer Bigelow, M.D., b. Jan. 27, 1858, son
\ of Israel Storer Bigelow and Margaret Bughman of Adams-
] . burg. Pa. +
loth gen. Child of Mary A. and Dr. Isaac S. Bigelow, (1251):
1252 Emily Bigelow, b. April 29, 1890, Dubuque, Iowa. Res., Du-
buque.
367 TIMOTHY POMEROY, {Daniel, Ebeneser, Medad, Eltweed), b.
April 16, 1742, Northampton; m. Tune 8, 1766, Ann Ashley, b.
1747, Westfield, IMass., d. Aug. 9, 1831, Marcellus, N. Y., dau.
of Ebenezer Ashley and Thankful Parsons; he d. Nov. 8, 1802.
Ke was a soldier of the Revolution, corporal of Capt. John Kirk-
land's company. Col, Ruggles Woodbridge's regt. ; engaged Aug.
16, 1777; discharged Nov. 29, 1777; service 3 mos., 22 days, in-
cluding 8 days (160 miles) travel home; regiment raised to rein-
force Continental Army at the Northward.
6th gen. Children:
1253 Rev. Francis Pomeroy, b. June 7, 1767. +
1254 Timothy Pomeroy, b. Nov. 13, 1768; settled in Canada.
1255 Ellen Ashley Pomeroy, b. May 26, 1771; d. May 13, 1792.
\ 1256 Anna Pomeroy, bp. Feb. 14, 1773. +
^ 1257 Oliver Pomeroy, b. July 23, 1775; m. Miss Lusk of Westmin-
ster, Vt.
1258 Susannah Pomeroy, b. 1777. +
1259 Thankful Pomeroy, b. April 25, 1779. +
1260 Louisa Pomeroy, b. Aug. 12, 1781 ; d. Oct. 20, 1860.
369 JERUSHA pomeroy, {Daniel, Ebeneser, Medad, Eltweed), b.
March 7, 1746, Northampton; m. Oct. 13, 1767, Capt. Adnah
Sackett of Westfield, Mass., b. Dec 5, 1745, d. April 28, 1813,
W^estfield, son of Isaac Sackett and Elizabeth Shepard; he was
First-Lieut, of 7th company, 3d Hampshire regt., (Lt.-Col. John
Moseley), engaging April 26, 1776; his name appears among a
list of officers chosen at that time; he kept the Inn at Westfield;
Jerusha d. Dec. 10, 1789; he m. (2) Oct. 13, 1790, Mary Bush,
who d. April 20, 1791; he m. (3) Mrs. Dorothy Fernard, Aug.
14, 1791, of Southwick, Mass.
A warrant dated Feb. 21, 1777, signed by Henry Gardner, Treas.
"of the State of Mass. Bay, orders Adnah Sackett, as constable or
collector of Westfield to collect taxes to the amount of i239 18s
225 3FtftI| ®f nrraJtnn - iH^baJn
before the 1st of the following May. He owned a large farm, and
took horses to Hartford and sold them. The Park Square in West-
field is now the ground w^here he kept his Green Inn, the location
having, previous to his filling it up, been a frog-pond. His grand-
children called him Captain, and it is probable that he was in the
Revolution in later campaigns than that of the spring of 1776, when
he was chosen First Lieutenant.
6th gen. Children, b. at Westfield, Mass.:
1261 JERUSHA Sackett, b. May 27, 1769; m. Abel Avery of "The
Farms," in the northern part of Westfield, iMass.
1262 John Sackett, b. June 27, 1771; m. Oct. 23, 1793, Lucinda
Moseley, dau. of Israel Moseley* and Abigail Chapin; she d.
April 23, 1855; he d. Dec. 10, 1851. Israel Moseley gr. Yale,
1766; served in the Revolution, in 7th company, 3d Hampshire
county regt., 1777. He was a double first cousin of Rachel Mose-
ley who m. Lieut. Daniel Pomeroy. +
1263 Charlotte Sackett, b. May 27, 1773; m. a Mr. Browning. Re-
sided at Whitestone, near Utica, N. Y.
1264 Isaac Sackett, b. 1777; d. 1797.
1265 George Sackett.
1266 Israel Sackett.
1267 Olive Sackett, m. David Ives of Southwick, ^Mass. +
1268 Lydia Sackett, m. Walter Bush.
yth gen. Children of John and Lucinda Sackett, (1262):
1269 Eliza Sackett, b. Aug. 25, 1794; m. Dec. 15, 1816, Homer Pres-
ton, son of Capt. John Preston and Eunice Moody. Besides his
father. Homer Preston had two other patriotic ancestors, Lieut.
John Preston of Granby, a soldier of the Revolution, and John
Preston of Hadley, ]\Iass., who served through King Phihp's War
and was present at the "Swamp Fight." Homer Preston was an
architect, and a contractor and builder. He constructed several
churches including two in BrookhTi, N. Y., and superintended
the building of the Rapelyea Mansion in that city. Of their six
children, Janette Preston, b. June 15, 1826, m. Dec. 31, 1843, Par-
don Waterman Kenyon, son of David Kenyon and Hannah Ken-
yon, both lineal descendants of John Kenyon, freeholder of
Kingston, R. I., 1687. Miss Amy C. Kenyon of Brooklyn, N. Y.,
was the first born of their nine children. She has furnished the
data for the family of Jerusha Pomeroy Sackett. Eliza Sackett
d. April 27, 1864.
♦1
'Israel Moseley was graduated from Yale, 1766; in the Revolution, he served
in the 7th company, 3d Hampshire county raiment, 1777. He was a double 1st
cousin once removed of Rachel ^Moseley who married Lieut. Daniel Pomeroy.
Lieut. John Moseley, one of the "Foundation Men" of the First Church in West-
field, was ancestor of both Israel and Rachel Moseley, as were Quartermaster
George Colton, Lieut. Thomas Cooper of Springfield, and Major Benjamin New-
berry of Connecticut. They all took part in King Philip's war, and Lieut.
Cooper was slain in the attack on Springfield in 1775. Major Newberry was m
command of all the Connecticut troops.
1270 Adnah Sackett, b. Oct. 6, 1796; m. March 5 1818 Ann Short
who d. June 1, 1823; he m. (2) May 2 1824. Ehza Hubbard
Adams, who d. Aug. 14, 1847; he m. (3) June ^'lS4b Miranda
Keach, who d. Oct 10, 1855; he m. (4) May 20, 18.6, Nancy
Blake Parks. He was engaged in the manufacture of jewelry,
using improved machinery. He was a Democrat and the nom-
inee of his party for the office of Mayor of Providence R. i.,
and Governor of Rhode Island. He filled many responsible pub-
lic offices, and was successful in business. ^^ ^^^^ _. , ,
1271 Isaac Sackett, b. Nov. 20, 1798; m. Dec. 29, 1822. Mary John-
son, dau. of John Johnson and Mary Lyon; she d 1869; he m
(2) 1872, Mrs. Ella (Gage) Taylor, dau. of John Gage and
Bethania Randall. He was a manufacturer and dealer in furni-
ture, in Providence, R. I., and Brooklyn, N. Y., the firm "ame
being Sackett & Branch. It is notable that his third child George
H. Sackett, was fifty years old when his youngest, Pomeroy
Sackett, was bom. ^^ ,o^i j t i -3 ^<i^o
1272 John Pomeroy Sackett, b. Jan. 30, 1801 ; d^ July 3, 182
1273 Jefferson Moseley Sackett, b. Aug. 21, 1803; d- July 31, 1804.
1274 Abigail H. Sackett, b. March 14, 1806; m. m 1830, Charles J.
Cleveland; she d. March 20. 1850. .^.^ ,,
1275 Israel Sackett, b. ^larch 30. 1809; m. March 20 1832, Margaret
Jane Allen, b. 1812, d. 1886, dau. of David Allen and Susan
Little. He was engaged in the printing business; published the
Schenectady and Saratoga Standard, 1832-1833.
1276 LuciNDA Sackett, b. Nov. 25, 1811 ; m. Feb. 28, 1833 Thomas Hale
Parker, b. 1808, d. 1851, son of Amos Parker and Annie Steb-
bins Hale.
Child of Olive and David Ives, (1267):
1277 David Ives.
370 WILLIAM POMEROY, {Daniel, Ehcnezer, Medad, Eltweed)
b. May 8, 1750, Northampton; m. 1777, Eleanor Root, b. Oct. ,51,
1755, dau. of Joseph Root; he d. March -8, 1807; she m. (2)
1809, Dea. William Colton, of Long Meadow, Mass.
6th gen. Children:
1278 Nancy Pomeroy, b. July 11, 1780. +
1279 Eleanor Pomeroy, b. Oct. 6, 1782; d. June 12, 1799.
1280 Child, b. Sept. 15, 1784; d. soon.
1281 Henry Pomeroy, bp. March 26, 1786. +
1282 William Pomeroy, b. Sept. 21, 1788; d. 1828.
1283 James Pomeroy, b. Nov. 4, 1790, Northampton. -I-
1284 Col. Thomas Pomeroy, b. Dec. 2, 1792. +
1285 Louis Pomeroy, b. July 5, 1795 ; d. Aug. 16, 1796.
1286 Daniel Pomeroy, b. March 28, 1798. +
371 ELEANOR POMEROY, (Daniel, Ehenezer, ^^'^^/^^^'^J^l^/t^'
h. Oct. 20, 1752, Northampton, Mass.; m. Aug 12 1771, Noble
Dewey of Westfield, Mass,, b. June 15, l/o2, d. Dec. 23, 18JU,
2ZT 3^tftl| (Stmmtwn - iSrhab
son of Deacon Israel Dewey and Joanna Noble. Resided at West-
field, Mass.
6th gen. Children:
1287 Electa Dewey, b. Nov. 16, 1772; m. Jan. 8, 1796, Oliver Bush,
b. Aug. 13, 1770, at Westfield, son of Zachariah Bush and Mary
Filley.
1288 Eunice Dewey, b. 1776 ; unm. ; d. July 8, 1829, Stockbridge, Mass.
In her will she gave her estate to four sisters, her aged father
to have support for life out of it.
1289 LucRETiA Dewey, b. 1779; unm.; d. Sept. 4, 1849, Springfield,
1290 Mary Dewey, b. July 25, 1785; m. about 1802, Seth Judson of
Woodbridge, Conn., b. about 1780, d. 1855; she d. June 3, 1858.
1291 Eleanor Dewey, b. 1787; unm.; d. March 25, 1834; she willed
$1,500 to her cousin, Mrs. Nancy Bates, and the remainder of
her property to her nieces and nephews, the Jewett children.
1292 Son Dewey, b. Nov., 1788; d. April 22, 1789.
1293 George Dewey, b. 1790; m. Sept. 10, 1815, Sabra Johnson, dau. of
Azariah Johnson ; she d. March 8, _ 1852. On Aug. 25, 1863,
Sarah E. Upson was appointed administratrix of his estate. Mer-
chant at Springfield, Mass.
1294 Lucy Dewey, b. 1793; m. Dec. 1, 1812, at Northampton, Enoch
Jewett, b. Feb. 28, 1791, Northampton, d. Sept. 15. 1872,^ son of
Timothy Jewett and wife Elizabeth Phelps; she d. April 5, 1869,
at Brecksville, Ohio. He was a wood turner and farmer. Re-
sided at Brecksville, Ohio. +
;rth gen. Children of Lucy and Enoch Jewett, b. Northampton,
(1294):
1295 Henry Jewett, b. Aug. 5, 1814; m. Oct. 9, 1837, Mary French,
b. May 24, 1816, d. Feb. 23, 1875, Grand Rapfds, Mich., dau. of
Jabez French and wife Lucinda Walton; he d. Aug. 30, 1886, at
Grand Rapids, Mich.
1296 Isabella Griswold Jewett, b. Dec. 29, 1819; d. Nov. 27, 1888,
at Westhampton, Mass.
1297 Francis Jewett, b. Aug. 17, 1822; d. Oct. 14, 1840.
1298 Albert Gallatin Jewett, b. May 24, 1825; m. Jan. 29, 1850,
Valeria Augusta Loud, b. Nov. 29, 1829, Westhampton, d. there
Nov. 29, 1903, dau. of Capt. Francis Loud and wife Paulina
Parsons. Carpenter and joiner. Res., Northampton, Mass.
1299 Edward Jewett, b. Jan. 2, 1828; m. about 1856, Sarah Ward;
he d. March 18, 1899, at Milwaukee, Wis.
Three Jewett children d. in infancy.
403 ELIZABETH POMEROY, {Medad, Joseph, Medad, Eltweed), b.
Feb. 20, 1720, Suffield, Conn.; m. Sept. 14, 1743, Samuel Norton,
b. Oct. 26, 1718, d. May 14, 1757, Suffield, Conn., son of Free-
grace Norton, (George, George), and Sarah Martin; she d. June
28, 1813, New Marlborough, Mass.
(S^nralog^ of tit? Pnmgrog Jamtig 22B
6th gen. Children, all b. New Marlborough, Mass.:
1300 Eunice Norton, b. Aug. 20, 1746; m. Jonas King; she d. in
Chatham, N. Y. +
1301 Samuel Norton, b. Tune 3, 1748; m. Feb. 27, 1772, Ehzabeth
Taylor, b. 1752, d. 1811; he d. April 20, 1827. +
1302 Sarah Norton, b. July 25, 1750; ra. Asa Harmon. 4-
1303 Seth Norton, b. April 1, 1753; m. Mary Blackmer, who d. Sept.
2, 1785; he m. (2) Candace , who d. July 31, 1790; he d.
June 15, 1834. +
1304 Phineas Pomeroy Norton, b. June 18, 1757; m. Eunice Sheldon,
who d. March 2, 1824; he d. Feb. 3, 1844. +
yth gen. Children of Eunice and Jonas King, (1300):
1305 Candace King, b. 1766.
1306 Amos King, b. 1769.
1307 Jehiel King, b. 1773, d. soon.
1308 Jehiel King, b. 1774.
1309 Reuben King, b. 1776.
1310 Moses King, b. 1779.
1311 Eunice King, b. March 11, 1782.
1312 Betsey King, b. 1785.
1313 Luther King, b. 1790.
Children of Samuel and Elizabeth Norton, (1301):
1314 Samuel Norton, b. 1772; d. 1845.
1315 Isaac Norton, b. 1774; d. 1857.
1316 Elisha Norton, b. 1776; d. 1794.
1317 Elizabeth Norton, b. 1777; d. 1818. !
1318 AvicE Norton, b. 1781 ; d. 1855.
1319 Harvey Norton, b. 1785; d. 1857.
1320 Joel Norton, b. May 18, 1787; d. June 30. 1841.
1321 David Norton, b. May 3, 1791 ; d. Jan. 2, 1860.
1322 Mark Norton, b. April 4, 1792; d. Oct. 13, 1865.
Children of Sarah and Asa Harmon, (1302):
1323 Deacon Luke Harmon. Also, three daughters whose names arc
not ascertained.
Children of Seth and Mary Norton, (1303):
1324 Seth Norton, d. soon.
1325 Seth Norton, Jr.
Children of Phineas P. and Eunice Norton, (1304):
1326 Ruth Norton, b. 1777.
1327 Daniel Norton, b. 1780.
1328 Belinda Norton, b. 1786; m. Warren N. Adams.
1329 Eunice Norton, b. 1790.
404 HANNAH POMEROY, {Medad, Joseph, Medad, Eltweed), b.
June 6, 1721, Suffield, Conn.; m. Dec. 20, 1739, Jacob Austin, b.
1705, d. Aug. 28, 1773, at Suffield.
2ZB Mttl\ (Bfmrntwn - iHrbab
6th gen. Children:
1330 Jacob Austin, b. April 12, 1740.
1331 Elias Austin, b. Nov. 22, 1741.
1332 Elijah Austin, b. Feb. 28, 1744.
1333 Hannah Austin, b. March 1, 1747.
1334 Phinehas Austin, b. March 1, 1747; (twin with Hannah).
1335 Abia Austin, b. Oct. 10, 1749.
405 EXPERIENCE POMEROY, {Medad, Joseph, Medad, Eltweed),
b. June 19, 1723, Suffield, Conn.; m. May 12, 1744, Capt. Huet
Root, b. Julv 6, 1724, Westfield, Mass., d. 1788, Great Barrington,
Mass. ; will dated Feb. 8, 1788, proved April 3, 1788 ; she d. June
18, 1777. Res., Great Barrington.
6th gen. Children:
1336 Daniel Root, b. Dec. 20, 1744 ; d. in infancy.
1337 Th.\nkful Root, b. Jan. 20, 1746; m. Cornelius Hull.
1338 James Root, b. Aug. 25, 1747; m. Nannie Rob, who d. after 1772;
he m. (2) Widow Olds, sister to his 1st wife, by whom he had a num-
ber of children who settled in Ohio. +
1339 Experience Root, b. Jan. 14, 1749; d. in infancy.
1340 John Root, bp. Aug. 4, 1754.
1341 Mercy Root, bp. May 8, 1755.
1342 Elijah Root, bp. June 6, 1756.
1343 Huet Root, bp. Nov. 6, 1763.
1344 Rhoda Root, b. about 1765.
1345 Lydia Root, bp. April 3, 1768; m. 1789, William Picksley, Jr.
ph gen. Children of James and Nannie Root, (1338):
1338.1 William Root. 1338.2 Stephen Root.
1338.3 Elihu Root, b. 1772, Great Barrington, Mass. He went with his
brother William to the town of Vernon, Herkimer County, (now
Oneida County), N. Y. There, in 1797, they bought adjoining farms
from lands formerly belonging to the Oneida Indians, and sold in
that year by the State. In 1798 Elihu sold to Thomas Ives the land
in G'reat Barrington bequeathed to him by his grandfather, Huet
Root. On March 1, 1800, he m. Achsa Pomeroy. (See 1638.)
406 JERUSHA pomeroy, {Medad, Joseph, Medad, Eltweed), b.
Aug. 14, 1725, Suffield, Conn. ; m. Nov. 17, 1753, Ebenezer Selden,
(Ebenezer, Thomas, Thomas), b. May 17, 1720, Hadley, Mass.; he
m. (2) Jan. 3, 1769, Alary Olcott; he m. (3) Jan. 23, 1787, Mrs.
Mary Ellis Alack, widow of Col. David Mack; removed to Aliddle-
field, Mass. ; d. May 18, 1807 ; Jerusha Pomeroy Selden d. about 1767.
Settled at Agawam, Mass., 1754.
6th gen. Child:
1345.1 Jerusha Selden, b. Sept. 19, 1756, West Springfield, Mass.; m.
Jan. 12, 1775, Jehiel Hamlin, b. Oct. 2, 1751, Sharon, Conn., d.
April 26, 1840, son of Isaac Hamlin and Mary Gibbs. At the time
of his marriage he was called of Kinderhook, N. Y. ; his homestead
at West Springfield is owned by his grand-daughter, Mrs. Jane
Allen ; Jerusha d. June 14, 1843, West Springfield. +
yth gen. Children of Jerusha and Jehiel Hamlin, (1345.1), bp.
Agawam:
1345.2 Betsey Hamlin, b. Dec. 30, 1775 ; d. Dec. 12, 1848 ; unm.
1345.3 Ebenezer S. Hamlin, b. April 9, 1778; m. March 15, 1801, West
Springfield, Sophia Dewey, b. Sept. 14, 1782; removed to West
Bloomfield, where he d. Jan. 9, 1831. Their children, (8th gen.)
were: Herman, James Dewey, Betsey Pomeroy, Caroline Sophia,
Samuel Selden, John Ebenezer.
1345.4 Jerusha Hamlin, b. March 16, 1780; m. May 22, 1803, Kelsey
Day, b. Sept. 12, 1776, West Springfield, d. there May 15, 1843; she
d. Oct. 8, 1857, West Springfield. Their children, (8th gen.) were:
Lydia K., Eliza, Asher Hamlin, Laura Ann, Ebenezer Selden, Loren.
1345.5 Electa Hamlin, b. April 26, 1782 ; d. Nov. 12, 1785.
1345.6 Asher Pomeroy Hamlin, b. June 8, 1784; d. Aug. 11, 1858; unm.
1345.7 Electa Hamlin, b. March 22, 1787; m. Nov. 10, 1810, Heber
Miller, b. March 16, 1782,, d. 1872^ West Springfield; she d. Jan.
29, 1875. Their children (8th gen.) were: Deha Anne, Lucy Leonard,
Caroline Morley, Julia, Jerusha Pomeroy.
1345.8 Jesse Hamlin, b. April 27, 1791 ; m. and resided at Rockford, 111. ;
d. there April, 1875. Two children.
1345.9 Lester Hamlin, b. June 14, 1797; m. Jan. 31, 1822, Lucy Hubbard,
b. Feb. 5, 1796, Haddam, Conn., d. Jan. 18, 1884; he d. May 13,
1875, Agawam. He inherited the homestead at West Springfield,
which his dau. Jane Allen now owns. Their children (8th gen.)
were Jane Allen, Frances Elizabeth, Ebenezer Pomeroy.
407 MED AD POMEROY, {Medad, Joseph, Medad, Eltzveed), b.
Dec 17, 1730, Suffield; m. (1) Aug. 18, 1757, Eunice Southwell,
d. April 6, 1760; m. (2) July 8, 1761, Phebe Kent, b. Nov. 12,
1735, d. Jan. 25, 1762; m. (3) Dec. 4, 1764, Mary Willcocks, who
d. July 7, 1821, at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Jerusha
Spring, in Granby, Conn, ; his first two wives d. in Suffield, and
he built a stone wall around the West Suffield cemetery in 1774.
In 1780 he removed to Northampton. He was a soldier of the
French and Indian wars and in the Revolution from Connecticut.
He d. 1801.
6th gen. Children, b. in Suffield except Rufus and Anne, b. in
Northampton:
1346 Medad Pomeroy, b. Oct. 18, 1758. +
1347 Eunice Pomeroy, b. March 26, 1760; m. Libeus Stannard, b.
Dec. 7, 1756, son of John Stannard and Hannah Hanchett; she d.
1833.
Child by 2d zvife:
1348 Phebus Pomeroy, b. Jan. 6, 1762. +
Children by 3d wife:
1349 Sylvanus Pomeroy, b. June 3, 1765. +
231 3FiftlT Srn^rattiin - iB?l»aIi
1350 David Pomeroy, b. March 28, 1767. +
1351 Aaron Pomeroy, b. March 11. 1769; drowned in 1785.
1352 Mary Pomeroy, b. April 4, 1771 ; m. July 5, 1792, Freeman Tay-
lor of Northampton, jMass.
1353 Moses Pomeroy, b. Oct. 2, 1773. +
1354 Jerusha Pomeroy, b. Feb. 5, 1776. +
1355 Hannah Pomeroy, b. 1778; d. Sept. 11, 1864, Granby, Conn.;
, unm.
1356 RuFus Pomeroy, b. Dec. 24, 1780, Northampton. +
1357 Anne Pomeroy, b. Nov. 10, 1784. +
408 SETH POMEROY, (Medad, Joseph, Medad, Eltzveed), b. Dec.
14, 1732, Suffield, Conn.; m. Dec. 20, 1755, Clemensa Wadsworth.
6th gen. Children, b. in Suffield:
1358 Samuel Wadsworth Pomeroy, b. March 27, 1756.
1359 Seth Pomeroy, b. Oct. 4, 1757.
1360 Elisha Pomeroy, b. Aug. 7, 1763. +
1361 Mary Pomeroy, b. Sept. 21, 1769.
1362 Lucy Pomeroy, b. Jan. 26, 1777.
1363 Benjamin Pomeroy, b. July 30, 1779.
409 PHINEHAS POMEROY, (Medad Joseph, Medad, Eltzveed), h.
April 7, 1738, Suffield, Conn.; m. July 8, 1756, Thankful Smith,
dau. of Nathan Smith. He served in the French and Indian
wars while a resident of Suffield, Conn.; removed to New Marl-
borough, !^Iass., about 1768, to which place he is credited as a
soldier of the Revolution. He joined Capt. Noah Allen's com-
pany, Col. Asa Whitcomb's regiment, Nov. 25, 1775, served at
Ticonderoga and was discharged Oct. 19, 1776; also, Capt. King's
company. Col. Benjamin Simond's detachment of Berkshire county
militia, on Dec. 6, 1776, enlistment to expire March 15, 1777;
also in the same regiment was his son Phinehas, until March 24,
1777; he again enlisted July 21, 1777, private in Capt. Zenas
Wheeler's company. Col. John Ashley's Berkshire county regi-
ment, and was discharged Aug. 15, 1777, service being at Fort
Edward, New York; also. Sergeant of Capt. Jeremiah Hickok's
company, Lieut.-Col. Sears's regiment, from Aug. 6, 1781, to
Nov. 8, 1781 ; this regiment was raised in Berkshire county, to
serve three months, the roll being indorsed "Col. Elisha Porter's
Regiment." He d. at West Stockbridge, Mass., Dec. 3, 1802.
6th gen. Children:
1364 Phinehas Pomeroy, b. Sept. 4, 1757. +
1365 Pelatiah Pomeroy, b. April 2, 1759. +
1366 Simeon Pomeroy, b. July 1, 1761. +
1367 Grove Pomeroy, b. March 13, 1763. +
1368 Joel Pomeroy, b. Dec. 7, 1764. +
1369 Ebenezer Pomeroy, b. Jan. 31, 1769. +
1370 Jerusha Pomeroy, b. Feb. 25, 1771. +
1371 Oliver Pomeroy, b. March 6, 1773; d. April 2, 1779.
1372 Mary Pomeroy, b. Feb. 12, 1775; m. Mr. Undecker.
(if tt^alng^ nf tij? Pom^rng iFmtttlg 232
1373 Thankful Lucy Pomeroy, b. Sept. 14, 1776; m. Mr. Cheney.
1374 Warham Pomeroy, b. June 1, 1778; d. young.
1375 Oliver Pomeroy, b. March 6, 1780. +
1376 Elizabeth Pomeroy, b. March 9, 1783. +
423 THANKFUL POMEROY, {Joseph, Joseph, Medad, Eltweed),
b. July 2i, 1728, in Suffield, Conn.; m. 1749, Capt. Asa Sheldon,
son of Jonathan and Mary Southwell, b. 1722, d, Nov. 15, 1810;
they removed from Suffield to New Marlborough, Mass. ; she
d. Nov. 25, 1813. He served in the war of the Revolution.
6th gen. Children:
1377 Capt. Asa Sheldon, b. June 15, 1750; m. Rhoda Catlin, b. March
6, 1761, d. Nov. 20, 1810; he d. Jan. 24, 1826. Res., New Marl-
borough, Mass. +
1378 Eleazer Sheldon, b. 1752; m. in 1782, Asenath Butler, b. Oct.
6, 1758, d. Jan. 16, 1839; he d. May 11, 1806. Resided in New
Marlborough, Mass. +
1379 Thankful Sheldon, b. 1754; d. 1772.
1380 Dorcas Sheldon, b. 1756; m. Jehiel Harmon, b. 1754. d. Aug. 11,
1822; she d. Feb. 11, 1852. Resided in Kingsville, Ohio. +
1381 Tryphena Sheldon, b. 1758; m. 1790, Amos Chapin, Sr., (his
second wife), b. 1752, d. Nov. 15, 1832; she d Resided in
New Marlborough. +
1382 Eunice Sheldon, b. Mav 26, 1761; m. Nov. 25, 1776, Phineas
Norton, b. Jan. 25, 1757, d. Feb. 23, 1844; she d. March 2, 1824. +
1383 Ebenezer Sheldon, b. Sept. 6, 1768; m. Feb. 25, 1794, Anna
Harmon, b. Oct. 20, 1770, d. April 20, 1847; he d. April 27,
1858. +
1384 Thankful Sheldon, b. 1770; m. Luther Wright. Resided in
Pompey, N. Y. +
yth gen. Children of Capt. Asa and Rhoda Sheldon, (13^/):
1385 Harriet Sheldon, b. Dec. 24, 1791; m. Reuben Harmon, b. 1788;
she d. June, 1849, Res., Kingsville, Ohio.
1386 Harry Sheldon, b. Feb. 10, 1795; m. Lvdia Manley, b. in 1800,
d. Dec. 20, 1865; he d. Nov. 27, 1864. Resided in Azatlan, Wis.
1387 Fanny Sheldon, b. Feb. 10, 1796; m. Dec. 23, 1836, Urbane
Parsons, b. Dec. 20, 1801. Resided in Marshall, Wis.
1388 Thankful Sheldon, b. May 15, 1798; d. May 29, 1801.
1389 Norman Sheldon, b. May 1, 1800; m. July 7, 1834, Elizabeth
Curtis, b. Oct. 1, 1810, d. June 1, 1886; he d. Aug. 15, 1855. Re-
sided in Perry, N. Y.
1390 Asa Catlin Sheldon, b. Feb, 22, 1803; m. June 17, 1830, Eunice
Fargo, b. June 25, 1801, d. Nov. 1, 1874; he d. March 28, 1881.
Resided in Dixon, 111.
Children of Eleazer and Asenath Sheldon, (1378):
1391 Joseph Pomeroy Sheldon, b. April 27, 1783; m. Dec. 15, 1807,
Sally Sheldon, (dau. of Seth), b. Sept. 22, 1786, d. Aug. 13, 1854;
he d. Oct. 29, 1862. Resided in New Marlborough, and Mt. Mor-
ris, N. Y.
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1392 Rebecca Sheldon, b. Jan. 3, 1785; m. July 22, 1805, Amos
Chapin, Jr., b. May 5, 1782, d. April 11, 1872; she d. Dec. 24,
1879; 15 children. Resided in Lenox, Ohio.
1393 Nathan Sheldon, b. Oct. 23, 1786; m. 1823, Anna Lyman, b.
May 18, 1797, d. May 8, 1878; he d. Jan. 16, 1852; 5 children.
Resided in New Marlborough.
1394 Oren Sheldon, b. June 5, 1788; m. 1810, Sally Taylor, b. Feb.
10, 1792, d. Nov. 16, 1876; he d. April 1, 1868; 9 children. Re-
sided in Moscow, N. Y.
1395 RoxANNA Sheldon, b. June 29, 1790; m. Dec. 31, 1811, Luke
Harmon, b. Nov. 2, 1785, d. Sept. 8, 1862; she d. Alarch 13, 1881;
3 children. Resided in New Jvlarlborough.
1396 Eleazer Sheldon, b. May 15, 1792; m. April 15, 1819, Laura
Austin, b. April 9, 1788, d. March 21, 1884; he d. Feb. 2, 1878;
3 children. Resided, Perry, N. Y, +
1397 Horace Sheldon, b. Sept. 13, 1794; m. Aug. 23, 1816, Philena
Ward, b. Jan 10, 1797, d. Oct. 24, 1878; he d. Jan. 6, 1874; 7
children. Resided in Perry, N. Y.
1398 Asenath Sheldon, b. July 28, 1796; m. March 1, 1815, Rufus
Clark, b. June 19, 1789, d. Nov. 6, 1848; she d. Dec. 17, 1881; 5
children. Resided in Deerfield.
1399 Merrick Sheldon, b. Dec. 17, 1798; m. 1827, Mary Sheldon
(dau. of John), b. June 1, 1801, d. Dec. 21, 1870; he d. May 12,
1855; 2 children. Resided in New Marlborough, Mass.
Children of Dorcas and Jehiel Harmon, (i^8o):
1400 Jehiel HaRxMon, b. 1780 ; m. Experience
1401 Aaron Harmon, b. July 28, 1781; m. (1) Temperance Fargo; m.
(2) Abigail Tyler.
1402 Dorcas Harmon, b. March 15, 1785; m. John Woodruff, b. Aug.
2, 1784, d. March 29, 1851; she d. Jan. 23, 1873. Resided in
Wolcott, N. Y.
1403 Thankful Harmon, b. 1786; m. Edon Riggs. Resided in Canaan,
Conn.
1404 Reuben Harmon, b. 1788; m. Harriet Sheldon, b. Dec. 24, 1791,
d. June, 1849; he d. Feb. 14, 1847. Resided in Kingsville, Ohio.
1405 Amos Harmon, b. July 25, 1791; m. Mav 23, 1811, Lydia Shaw,
b. 1793, d. March 26, 1867; he d. Feb. 6, 1872. Resided in Lenox,
Ohio.
1406 Hiram Harmon, b. Dec. 11, 1794; m. May 16, 1822, Cynthia
Manley, b. Dec. 10, 1797, d. Jan. 11, 1884; he d. Feb. 9, 1851. Re-
sided in Saybrook, Ohio.
1407 Ada Harmon, b. May 1, 1796; m. 1812, Barnabas Jones, b. March
11, 1787, d. Dec. 12, 1862; she d. May 11, 1853. Resided in
Lenox, Ohio.
Children of Tryphena and Amos Chapin, (ij8i):
1408 Sheldon Chapin, b. June 15, 1792; m. Althea Huggins. Re-
sided in Suffield, Ct.
1409 Tamer Chapin, b. July 20, 1794; m. Jan. 28, 1812, James Austin,
eg? nealogjj of tl^? Pnmrnig 3Fmntlg 234
b. Jan. 1, 1791, d. Aug. 17, 1864; he d. Dec. 3, 1879. Resided in
Sheffield, Mass.
1410 Nattalie Chapin, b. Oct. 1, 1798; d. young.
1411 Earl Chapin, b. Nov. 19, 1801; d. May, 1812.
1412 Milton Chapin, b. Dec. 29, 1804; m. Feb. 11, 1839, :Miss Payne;
he d. Feb. 16, 1842.
Children of Eunice and Phineas Norton, (1^82):
1413 Ruth Norton, b. Sept. 4, 1777; d. Sept. 25, 1861; m. Nov. 22,
1796, Gideon Canfield, b. ]\Iay 14, 1776, d. Feb. 25, 1827. Re-
sided in New Marlborough.
1414 Dan Norton, b. June 7, 1780; m. March 28, 1803, Hannah Kurd,
b. Oct. 11, 1780, d. June 28, 1876; he d. Oct. 11, 1852. Resided
in New Marlborough.
1415 Belinda Norton, b. Sept. 1, 1786; m. 1806, Warren Adams, b.
Oct. 7, 1784. Resided in New Marlborough.
1416 Eunice Norton, b. March 13, 1790; m. 1805, Benjamin Pettis,
b. April 11, 1785, d. Oct. 26, 1818; she d. Jan. 1, 1874.
Children of Ebeneser and Anna Sheldon, (1383):
1417 Silence Sheldon, b. Dec. 14, 1794; m. Sept. 28, 1815, Thomas
Woodruff, b. April 28, 1793, d. Sept. 19, 1848; she d. April 28,
1877. Resided in Illinois.
1418 JosiAH Sheldon, b. Oct. 12, 1796; m. (1) March 19, 1818, Esther
Stevens, b. 1799, d. March 10, 1828; m. (2) Feb. 5, 1829, Eliza
C Wheeler, b. Nov. 2, 1808, d. May 1, 1868; he d. March 20,
1862. Resided in New Marlborough.
1419 Isaac Sheldon, b. Aug. 14, 1798; d. March 14, 1812.
Children of Thankfid and Luther Wright, (1384):
1420 Dorick Wright, b. Oct. 8, 1797; m. Dec. 5, 1822, Emma White,
b. April 5, 1801, d. April 5, 1874; he d. May 18, 1843.
1421 Alveh Wright, b. July 9, 1799; m. 1818, Sally Norton, b. March
5, 1798, d. 1878; he d. Feb. 21, 1867. Resided in Wales, N. Y.
1422 Elias W^right, b. July 4, 1801; m. March 4, 1824, Tryphena
Jones, b. March 28, 1800; he d. Oct. 9, 1867. Resided in New
Marlborough.
1423 Eliza Wright, b. July 4, 1801, (twin with Elias) ; m. 1818,
Nathan Staunton; she d. Dec. 10, 1880. Resided in New Marl-
borough.
1424 Sheldon Wright, b. 1804; d. July 10, 1826.
8th gen. Children of Eleaser and Laura Sheldon, (i3p6):
1425 Dorliska Elizabeth Sheldon, b. June 13, 1820; her life has
been a most useful one, the recipients of her Kindly help being
in various walks of life. Although over 92 her days to devote
to the pleasure of others continue to add to her serenity; unm.
Res., (July 1, 1912), Indianapolis, Ind.
1426 Dr. Edward Austin Sheldon, b. Oct. 4, 1823 ; m. May 16, 1849,
Frances Ann Bradford Stiles, b. April 9, 1826, d. March 8, 1896;
she was of descent from Gov. Bradford of the Mayflower. Ed-
ward Austin Sheldon, A. M., Ph. D., was founder and for nearly
235 3Ftftl| (Btmrmm - iHpJiab
forty years principal of the State Normal Training School at
Oswego. He was the originator of the system of object teach-
ing. His statue in bronze stands in the rotunda of the state
capitol at Albany, N. Y., placed there by the children of the State
of New York. His, children were: Alary Sheldon, who m. Prof.
Earl Barnes. Frances Elizabeth Sheldon, the first American lady
to receive certificate of graduation with honors from the Univer-
sity of Oxford, England; she m. James C. Ailing. Charles Stiles
Sheldon, in charge of the Department of Science in the Oswego
State Normal; he m. Helen A- Buck. Anna Bradford Sheldon,
m. Lewis M. Howe. Laura xAustin Sheldon, m. E. Ray Inman.
Dr. Edward Austin Sheldon d. Aug. 26, 1897.
1427 George Kellogg Sheldon, b. Dec. 23, 1827 ; m. Feb. 7, 1861, Mar-
tha Barber, b. Sept. 12, 1836, d. June 18, 1885; she was a
descendant of Rev. Thomas Potwin, whose antecedents were
French Huguenots. Mr. Sheldon d. March 18, 1883. Resided in
Perr>', N. Y.
424 SARAH POMEROY, {Joseph, Joseph, Medad, Eltweed), b. Aug.
31, 1831, Suffield; m. May 18, 1751, Gershom Sheldon, son of
Jonathan, b. 1724, d. Dec. 30, 1791.
6th gen. Children:
1428 Isaac Sheldon, b. 1752; m. Mindwell Phelps. Resided in Ru-
pert, Vt. +
1429 Ebenezer _ Sheldon, b. 1754; m. (1) Huldah Hanchett; m. (2)
Love Davis. +
1430 Festus Sheldon, b. 1756; d. 1785.
1431 Olive Sheldon, b. 1759; d. 1762.
1432 Olive Sheldon, b. 1762; m. Phineas Spencer. +
1433 Sarah Sheldon, b. 1766; m. Elijah Sheldon. +
1434 Gershom Sheldon, b. 1772; d. 1791.
ph gen. Children of Isaac and Mindwell Sheldon, (1428):
1435 Sally Sheldon, b. 1782; m. Samuel Wyman of Millville, N. Y.
1436 Isaac Sheldon, b. 1784; m. Rebecca Spear. Resided in Rupert,
Vt.
1437 Abel Phelps Sheldon, b. 1786. Resided in Chester, N. Y.
1438 Phebe Sheldon, b. 1788.
1439 Mary Sheldon, b. 1791 ; m. Thomas Wyman. Resided in St.
Louis, Mo.
1440 Enos Sheldon, b. 1794. Resided in Rupert, Vt.
1441 Phebe Sheldon, b. 1796; m. Isaiah Pool. Resided in Ellisburg,
N. Y.
Children of Ebenezer and Hulda Sheldon, (1429):
1442 Mary Sheldon, b. 1779; m. Ebenezer Harmon.
1443 Ebenezer Sheldon, b. 1782. Resided in Aurora, Ohio.
1444 Huldah Sheldon, b. 1785; m. Amzi Atwater.
1445 Gershom Sheldon, b. 1788; m. Roxanna Russell.
1446 Seth Sheldon, b. 1791.
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Children of Ehenezer and (2d iinfe) Love Sheldon, (1429) :
1447 Festus Sheldon, b. 1794; m. Sarah Spencer.
1448 Rev. George Sheldon, b. 1797; m. Harmony Jobes.
Children of Olive and Phineas Spencer, (143^):
1449 Infant Spencer, b. 1780.
1450 G. Sheldon Spencer, b. 1782.
1451 Eli Spencer, b. 1784; d. 1785.
1452 Olive Spencer, b. 1786; m. Rufus Harmon.
1453 Betsey Spencer, b. 1787; m. Daniel Kinne of Aurora, Ohio.
1454 Mary Spencer, b. 1788: m. Jason Wilson of Great Bend.
1455 Phineas Spencer, b. 1790; d. 1792.
1456 Love Spencer, b. 1792; m. Edward Russell of FrankHn, N. Y.
1457 Phineas Spencer, b. 1794; m. Sophronia Ehvell of Lodi, N. Y.
1458 Nancy Spencer, b. 1796; m. Joseph Fish of Colhns, N. Y.
1459 Rev. Ichabod Smith Spencer, D.D., b. 1798; m. Hannah Ma-
goffin. Resided in Brooklyn, N. Y.
1460 Solon Spencer, b. 1881. Resided in Lodi, N. Y.
Children of Sarah and Elijah Sheldon, (1433):
1461 Sarah Sheldon, m. Samuel Dye of Broadalpin, N. Y.
1462 Thankful Sheldon, m. Samuel Sherman.
1463 Rachel Sheldon, m. Elijah Hayes.
1464 Lydia Sheldon, m. Rev. Benjamin Capron.
1465 Simeon Sheldon, b. 1801; d. 1829; m.
1466 Olive Sheldon, b. 1804; d. 1836.
1467 Julia Sheldon, m. Abram Manchester.
1468 Joseph Sheldon. Resided in Broadalpin, N. Y.
425 ANNA POMEROY, (Joseph, Joseph, Medad, Eltweed), b. Sept.
25, 1733, at Suffield; m. April 15, 1755, Abraham Curtis; she d.
Jan. 5, 1775.
6th gen. Children:
1469 Frederick Curtis, b. Jan. 18, 1756.
1470 Josiah Curtis, b. Oct. 29, 1757.
1471 Eunice Curtis, b. May 4, 1761.
1472 Abraham Curtis, b. Oct. 7, 1763.
431 CAPT. ISAAC POMEROY, {Joseph, Joseph, Medad, Eltweed),
b. Aug. 6, 1745; m. (1) Feb. 11, 1773, Rhoda Sykes, who d. Aug.
20, 1784; he m. (2) Feb. 1, 1787, Jerusha Strong, who d. Oct. 8,
1826, at Southampton, Mass.; he d. March 24, 1804. He joined
the Revolution in response to the Lexington and Concord alarms.
May 2, 1777, was made Captain of the 3d company or train-band
in the town of Suffield, in the 1st Connecticut regiment. He was
Deputy at the General Assembly.
6th gen. Children by ist wife:
1473 Rhoda Pomeroy, b. Aug. 11, 1773. +
1474 Eunice Pomeroy, b. Feb. 24, 1776. +
1475 Isaac Pomeroy, b. June 17, 1784. + ,.. ,
Z3Z 3Ftfti) (^tmrvdmti - Sittnh
Children by 2d wife:
1476 William Pomeroy, b. Feb. 20, 1789. +
1477 Jerusha Pomeroy, b. March 14, 1791. +
433 RALPH POMEROY, {Benjamin, Joseph, Medad, Eltweed), b.
Dec. 8, 1737; College of New Jersey, A.B., 1758; Dartmouth,
A.M., 1786; m. Jan. 31, 1770, Mrs. Eunice (Belden) Gardner, b.
1744, d. Aug. 26, 1816, Hebron, Conn., dau. of Thomas Belden
and Ruth Wyllys Lord. He was a lawyer of wide renown, and
Quartermaster-General of Connecticut during the Revolution.
6th gen. Children:
1478 Ralph Pomeroy. 1479 George Pomeroy.
1480 Eunice Pomeroy, b. Nov. 25, 1776. +
1481 Ann Pomeroy.
1482 Abigail Pomeroy, b. 1780; m. Jan. 16, 1798, Eli Jones.
1483 Frederick Pomeroy.
Copy of the oath of allegiance to the United States, taken by Ralph
Pomeroy previous to his appointment as Paymaster:
"I, Ralph Pomeroy, do acknowledge the United States of America to be free,
independent and sovereign states, and declare that the people thereof owe no
allegiance to George the Third. King of Great Britain; and I renounce, refute,
and abjure any Allegiance, or Obedience, to him; and I do swear, that I will to
the Utmost of my Power, support, maintain, and defend the said United States,
against the said King George the Third, his heirs and successors, and his and
their Abettors, Assistants, and Adherents, and will serve the said United States
in the office of Paymaster to Col. Wyllys' Regiment, which I now hold, with
Fidelity, according to the best of my Skill and Understanding. So help me, God.
(Signed)
"Ralph Pomeroy.
"West Point, Headquarters,
"8th day of March, 1778.
"Personally Appeared, Ralph Pomeroy, Paymaster to Col. Wyllys' Regiment,
and took the above oath by him subscribed, Before me.
"Sam'l H. Parsons, B. G."
' 434 ELEAZER WHEELOCK POMEROY, {Benjamin, Joseph, Me-
dad, Eltweed), b. Sept. 1, 1739; m. May 8, 1764, Mary Wyllys,
bp. Nov. 7, 1742, d. at Middletown, Conn., Nov. 14, 1783, dau.
of Col. George Wyllys (Hezekiah, Samuel) and Elizabeth Whit-
ing. He was a merchant in Hartford, and d. there about 1784;
(another authority says he d. in the West Indies, where he had
estates).
6th gen. Children:
1484 Samuel Wyllys Pomeroy, b. 1765. +
1485 Mary Wyllys Pomeroy, b. Nov. 18, 1767. +
1486 John Pomeroy. 1487 George Pomeroy.
1488 Benjamin Pomeroy, b. 1774; d. young,
436 ABIGAIL POMEROY, {Benjamin, Joseph, Medad, Eltweed), b.
May 31, 1744, Hebron, Conn.; m. April 19, 1759, John Gillett,
of Hebron, b. Jan. 6, 1738, Hebron, d. about 1808, son of John Gil-
lett, St., (a wealthy and prominent business man) ; gr. Yale, 1758, A.
M. John Gillett, Jr., was the only son of his father and inherited
his fortune, but lost it after a short business career. His wife,
Mrs. Abigail Pomeroy Gillett, then established a school for young
ladies, which acquired quite a wide and favorable reputation in
New England; this young ladies' school was established at East
Windsor, "and many students came from Hartford." Mrs. Gillett
is described as a "gentlewoman of great beauty, dignity, and state-
liness of manner." An obituary of the day, referring to her said:
"The hoary head is a crown of glory if it be found in the way
of righteousness." She d. Jan. 24, 1835, nearly 92 years of age.
6th gen. Children:
1489 Alpheus Gillett, b. Jan., 1760; m. Mrs. Deming (a widow) and
removed to Pennsvlvania, where he engaged in farming; he d.
about 1808.
1490 Augustus Gillett, b. 1763.
1491 Arethusa Gillett, b. 1765; m. Oct. 26, 1793, Dr. Dan Arnold,
b. 1767, Easthampton, Conn., d. Feb. 14, 1855, son of Deacon
Gideon Arnold and wife Lucy Hinckley; she d. Feb. 11, 1852.
Res., Hebron, Conn. +
1492 Ralph Pomeroy Gillett. 1493 Abigail Gillett.
/th gen. Children of Arethusa and Dr. Dan Arnold, (1491):
1494 Abigail Pomeroy Arnold, b. March 2, 1797, Hebron; m. Sept.
15, 1819, Jehiel Annable, b. Nov., 1789, East Haddam, d. Oct. 1,
1861 ; she d. March 10, 1880. +
1495 Dan Hinckley Arnold, b. Sept. 18, 1800, Hebron; m. Nov. 4,
1824, in King's Chapel, Boston, Mass., Harriet Maria Welles, b.
March 21, 1802, d. April 14, 1867, dau. of Bill Welles and wife
Lucy Brewster, (descendant of Elder William Brewster) ; he d.
June 26, 1887. +
1496 Eliza Arethusa Arnold, b. May, 1803, Hebron; d. Sept., 1826;
unm.
8th gen. Children of Abigail and Jehiel Annable, (1494):
1497 Caroline Elizabeth Annable, b. Sept. 8, 1820; m. June 2, 1847,
Joseph Kellogg, son of Joseph Day Kellogg and wife Rachel Corn-
stock, d. Dec. 23, 1900; she d. Aug. 12, 1869.
1498 Sarah Bassett Annable, b. May 8, 1822, Hebron; d. May 22,
1822.
1499 Abigail Maria Annable, b. Sept. 30, 1823; m. July 15, 1845,
Dr. Asahel Plympton.
1500 Dan Arnold Annable, b. Oct. 15, 1835; d. Nov. 30, 1841.
Children of Dan H. and Harriet M. Arnold, (14^5):
1501 Mary Ann Arnold, b. Oct. 6, 1825, Hebron, Conn. ; d. June 25,
1890.
1502 Eliza Arethusa Arnold, b. March 29, 1827, New York City;
)a
^30 jFtffl? (ggttgratton - {Sthab
m. Nov. 2, 1848, Alajor David Hammond Vinton,* promoted to
the rank of Brevet :Major-General in the regular establishment
durmg the Civil War, b. May 3, 1803, Providence, R. I.; d. Feb. 21,
1873, son of David Vinton and wife Mary Atwell; she d. June
1503 John Welles Arnold, b. March 11, 1830, New York: d March
16, 1838. , . ^ a cii
1504 Harriet Marl\ Arnold, b. July 24, 1832, Hebron, Conn.; d
April 5, 1838.
1505 Lucy Matilda Arnold, b. IMarch 16, 1835, Brooklyn, N Y • d
March 11, 1838. " *
1506 Frances Rose Arnold, b. July 2. 1837, Brooklyn.
1507 Henrietta Maria Arnold, b. Dec. 8, 1839, Brooklyn.
1508 GusTAvus Arnold, b. Jan. 26, 1844, Brooklyn.
pth gen. Children of Elisa A. and David H. Vinton, (1502):
1509 Harriett Arnold Vinton, b. Oct. 3, 1849, Brooklyn, N. Y.; m.
Dr. Clarkson Jay.
1510 Alexander Hamilton Vinton, b. March 30, 1852, Brookl>-n; gr.
St. Stevens College. Anandale, N. Y., 1873 ; D.D., 1890; 'first
Bishop of West Mass., 1902.
1511 Ida Welles Vinton, b. March 8, 1855, St. Louis, Mo.; m. An-
gelo Tillmghast Freedley, attorney-at-law, practicing at Philadel-
phia. +
1512 Marion Arnold Vinton, b. July 4, 1857, San Antonio, Texas;
d. June 24, 1896.
1513 Robert Campbell Vinton, b. Nov. 16, 1859, San Antonio, Texas.
loth gen. Child of Ida W. and Angela T. Freedley, (1511):
1514 Vinton Freedley, b. Nov. 5, 1891, Philadelphia, Pa.
437 JOSIAH POMEROY, {Benjamin. Joseph, Medad, Eltweed), b.
J""e 18, 1745, Hebron, Conn.; Yale, 1770; Assistant-Quartermas^
icn/^'^^i "^/^°'' General David Hammond Vinton, U. S. A., was born May 3,
1803, m Providence, R. I.; he was graduated from West Point, 1822, as Second-
hT?7?^"i '" *^^ ,1>*f- y- ^- A'-tillery. a crack regiment. He served in the Creek
and Wonda war, 183o-6 on quartermaster's duty, and was Quartermaster of the
lerritory of Florida, 1837-40. On duty at the Northern frontier during the bbr-
der disturbances, and m the Mexican war in 1848-50. He was Chief-Quarter-
master ^^ the Department of the West. St. Louis. 1852-6, and of the Department
kI tu^^^'u , "^ ' ^^^^ headquarters at San Antonio. Here he was taken prisoner
by the rebels at the beginning of the Civil War, and put upon parole. He and
his family were among the last to leave Texas before the blockade.
M« V ^^T• through the war as Chief-Quartermaster, with headquarters in
l^n^r.1 Sl^'i^ ^^^^^^ °^ ^^^ "^^P^t for supplying the army with clothing and
equippage, 1861-67. He organized this department and displayed remarkable ex-
ecutive ability. He handled $119,000,000 during the war, and after rendering his
^^n?"." V"'" l^"^.Tr?^ *^^ Government owed him 42 cents! This amount was
sent to Gen. David Hammond Vinton. U. S. A., by United States draft, with a
Ifi commending him for his financial ability in handling 5119.000,000 in war
"me with so small a margin of profit and loss, especially when the respon^bili-
ro^^-^''^ ^° ^''^^*- ^^"- Vinton never exchanged this small draft for cash! His
ser^^l'''^°" ^^ Brevet-Major-General, U. S. A., was "For faithful and meritorious
nSi^ * "^u""^ *^^ rebellion." When he was retired from active service he re-
paired to his country place at Stamford, Conn., where he died in 1873.
OSftt^abgg of th? J^^'ttt^^^U 3Fajnilg 240
ter with his brother, Ralph Ponieroy, who was Quartermaster-
General, during the Revolution; m. about 1788-89, Mary Cook of
Newburyport; he d. July, 1812.
6th gen. Children:
1515 Mary Ann Pomeroy, bp. Nov. 2S, 1790. +
1516 Barre Gore Pomeroy, bp. Nov. 23, 1790. +
1517 Ralph Wheelock Pomeroy, b. Jan. 12, 1792. +
1518 David Pomeroy.
1519 John Cook Pomeroy, bp ; d. about 1812.
441 HANNAH POMEROY, {Benjawin, Joseph, Medad, Eltweed),
b. Dec. 8, 1751, Hebron, Conn.; m. Dec. 10, 1780, at Hebron, the
Rev. David McClure, b. Nov. 18, 1748, (o. s.), Newport, R. I.,
son of Dea. John McClure of Boston; Yale, 1769. He assisted
Dr. Eleazer Wheelock in founding Dartmouth College, and taught
there 1769-1772; he was ordained a missionary to the Delaware
Indians in Ohio, 1772; pastor of the Congregational Church at
East Windsor, Conn., 1786-1809; trustee of Phillips Academy,
Exeter, N. H., and trustee of Dartmouth College, from which in-
stitution he received the degree of D.D., in 1800; he d. June 25,
1820, at South Windsor, Conn. ; Hannah, his wife, d. there April
9, 1814.
6th gen. Children:
1520 Abigail Wheelock McClure, b. Nov. 14, 1781, North Hampton,
N. H.; m. Dec. 22, 1801, Oliver Tudor, b. Sept. 4, 1772, South
Windsor, d. there Feb. 6, 1845, son of Samuel Tudor and Naomi
Deggens; she d. Sept. 15, 1853, South Windsor, Conn. 4-
1521 Rachel McClintock McClure, b. Oct, 29, 1783, North Hamp-
ton, N. H. ; m. Nov. 27, 1806, Elihu Wolcott, b. Feb. 12, 1784, d.
Dec. 2, 1858, son of Samuel Wolcott of South Windsor. He
represented East Windsor in the State Legislature, and in 1830
moved to Jacksonville, III, where he d. ; Rachel, his wife, d. April
2, 1822, at South Windsor, Conn. +
1522 Mary Ann McClure, b. Sept. 5, 1786; d. July 12, 1789.
1523 Susanna Wyllys McClure, bp. Nov. 16, 1788; d. about 1824,
unm,
1524 Hannah Pomeroy McClure. bp. Aug. 28, 1791 ; d. Aug. 25, 1804.
yth gen. Children of Abigail W. and Oliver Tudor, (1520):
1525 Mary Ann Tudor, b. Sept. 25, 1802; m. P. P. Whelpley, (s. p.) ;
m. (2) June 16, 1834, Abner Brush of Ridgefield, Conn.; she d.
June 23, 1864. +
1526 David McClure Tudor, b. Jan. 17, 1805 ; m. Dec. 12, 1839, Sarah
Elizabeth Green, b. Dec. 10, 1806, New London, Conn., d. Nov.
8, 1881, dau. of Col, Samuel Green of New London; he d. April
20, 1880. 4-
1527 Abigail Tltkdr, b. March 22, 1807; m, Abner Lbren Reed, b.
April 21, 1800, son of Dea. Abner Reed of South Windsor; she d.
Sept. 14, 1853, Conneaut, Ohio. +
1528 Sophia Haskell Tudor, b, Nov. 1, 1817; m, Dec. 16, 1840,
241 Jtftlt (gFtt^rattfltt - Mthnh
Charles*Green, b. Oct. 17, 1812. d. April 7, 1887, Providence, R. I.,
son of Col. Samuel Green of New London and South Windsor,
Conn. ; she d. :May 17, 1888. +
1529 Pauline Tudor, b. July 8, 1820; d. Nov. 30, 1891; unm.
Children of Rachel McC. and Elihu Wolcott, (1521):
1530 Elizabeth Ann Wolcott, b. Dec. 26, 1807; m. Nov. 28, 1832. at
Jacksonville, 111., Col. Carlton Perry of Keokuk, Iowa. +
1531 Elihu Wolcott, bp. June 5, 1S08; d. early.
1532 Hannah McClure Wolcott, b. June 7, 1811; m. Nov. 28, 1832,
the Rev. William Kirby of Jacksonville, 111., b. July 2, 1805, Alid-
dletown. Conn.; gr. Yale, 1827; Yale Divinity School, 1831; or-
dained a Congregational minister and moved to Illinois, where he
became superintendent of home missions for that state; he d.
Dec. 30, 1851; she d. Aug. 31, 1858, Jacksonville, 111. +
1533 Samuel Wolcott, b^ July 2, 1813, South Windsor, Conn.; gr.
Yale, 1833, and Andover Theological Seminary, 1837; ordained
Nov. 13, 1839, missionary to Syria; superintendent of the Home
Missionary Society, 1874-1882; received the degree of S.T.D.,
1863; m. Sept. 5, 1839, Catherine Elizabeth Wood, who d. at
Beirut, Syria; he m. (2) Nov. 1, 1843, Harriet Amanda Pope,
dau. of Jonathan Pope of Millbury, Mass.; he d. Feb. 24, 1886,
Longmeadow, Mass. +
1534 Arthur Wolcott, b. April 10, 1815; m. July 12, 1849, Sarah A.
Morrison, dau. of Gen. William Morrison of Lock Haven, Pa.;
she d. Jan. 27, 1851 ; he m. (2) Clara Belknap, dau. of Gen. Wil-
liam G. Belknap, U. S. A. ; he d. Nov. 28, 1873. +
1535 Elizur Wolcott, b. Aug. 7, 1817; gr. Yale, 1839; he was super-
intendent of division of the Wabash railroad; later engaged in
literary pursuits at Jacksonville, 111.; m. July 15, 1846, Martha
Lyman Dwight, dau. of Daniel Dwight of Westmoreland, N. H. ;
he d. about 1900, in California. +-
1536 Frances Jane Wolcott, b. March 30, 1819; m. in 1849, Barber
Lewis, Major of United States Volunteers during the Civil War;
he settled in Memphis, Tenn., where he was elected Probate Judge,
and member of Congress; s. p.
8th gen. Child of Mary Ann and Abner Brush, (1525):
1537 Mary Sophia Brush, b. March 2, 1837; m. March 2, 1857, John
Thomas Clemens of Washington, D. C.
Children of David McC. and Sarah Tudor, (1526) :
1538 Mary Starr Tudor, b. Sept. 19, 1840.
1539 Sarah Elizabeth Tudor, b. Dec. 30, 1842; m. Oct. 13, 1894, Ed-
win Dwight Farnam of South W^^indsor.
1540 Louisa Green Tudor, b. July 5, 1844; m. May 28, 1868, Pierre
Sythoff Starr, M. D., of Hartford, Conn.
Children of Abigail and Abner L. Reed, (1527):
1541 Charlotte Sophia Reed. 1542 Oliver Tutxdr Reed.
• Children of Sophia and Charles Green, (1528) :
1543 Charles Lanman Green. jM.D., b. Sept. 24, 1841; Surgeon in
the United States Navy during the Civil War; practicing physi-
cian at Providence, R. I. ; m. Sept. 28, 1882 Maria Steuben
Spooner of Hempsted, L. I., who d. May 22, I883 ; he m. (2)
Jan. 5, 1888, Ida Trimble of Philadelphia.
Children of Elisabeth A. and Carlton Perry, (1530):
1544 Catherine Wolcott Perry. 1545 Howard Perry.
Children of Hannah McC. and William Kirby, (i53^)-
1546 Edward Payson Kirby, b. Oct. 28. 1833, Blackstock Grove, 111.;
er Illinois College, 1854; Common Pleas Judge m ^vlorgan county,
111. ; law practice at Jacksonville ; m. Oct. 28, 1862, Juli_a Smith Dun-
can, dau. of Governor Duncan of Illinois ; she d. July d 1896 ; he m.
(2) Oct. 20, 1898, Lucinda Gallaher, dau. of the Rev. William
Gallaher of Jacksonville; s. p. m V . •
1547 William Arthltj Kirby, b. Aug. 6, 1837. IMendon, 111.; Captain
of United States Volunteers during the Civil War; m. Sept. lU,
1867, Arabella Clement, dau. of the Rev. Joshua Clement of iNew
Halmpshire. , , th a
1548 Frances Caroline Kirby, b. Jan. 25, 1840, Mendon, III ; m. Aug
1, 1861, the Rev. James McLaughlin, b. Oct. 2o, 1829, son of
Hugh McLaughlin of Hudson. N. Y. ; gr. Ilhnois College, 18V ;
ordained missfonary to California, 1861; d. Aug. 17, 1870, Gilroy,
Cal
1549 Catherine Wolcott Kirby, b. July 8, 1842, Mendon, 111.; m.
Sept. 9, 1862, Charles E. Ross, son of William G. Ross of Jack-
sonville ; she d. March 30, 1880, Jacksonville, 111.
1550 Helen McClure Kirby, b. Jan. 12, 1845. Mendon; m June 23,
1870, at Jacksonville, the Rev. Melatiah Everett Dwight b Uct.
15, 1841, South Hadlev, Mass., d. Sept. 14, 1907 at Mt Ho yoke
Mass., son of John Dwight and wife, Nancy Shaw Everett, ot
New York City. He was graduated from the College of the
City of New York, 1860; from Bellevue Medical College, 1864,
from Andover Theological Seminary, 1866; traveled in Palestine;
returned and engaged in missionary work in the west nineteen
years Mr. Dwight was president of the New York Genealogical
and Biographical Society, and for several years editor of the
"Genealogical and Biographical Magazine," and author of several
genealogical works. + .io/.n
1551 Henry Burges Kirby, b. March 20, 1848; d. Aug. 4, 1849.
1552 E£izabeth Pomeroy Kirby, b. April 1, 1850, Jacksonville; grad-
uated from Vassar College, 1872; unm.
Children of Samuel and Harriet Pope Wolcott, (i533)'
1553 Samuel Adams Wolcott, b. Sept. 3, 1844, Longmeadovv, Mass. ;
m. July 25, 1883, Julia E. Neal, dau. of Peter Neal of Brooklyn,
N Y
1554 Henry Rogers Wolcott, b. March 15, 1846, Longmeadow; set-
tled in Colorado,
243 Jtftli <S?tt^raJt0tt - i&thnh
1555 Edward Oliver Wolcott, b. March 20, 1848; went to Colorado
in 1871 ; in 1889, he was elected to the United States Senate ; re-
elected in 1895 ; m. May 14, 1890, at Buffalo, N. Y., Frances Met-
calf, (widow of Lyman K. Bass).
1556 Harriet Agnes Wolcott, b. March 15, 1850, Belchertown, Mass.;
m. April 29, 1879, Frederick O. Vaille.
1557 William Edgar Wolcott, b. April 26, 1852, Belchertown; m.
March 21, 1894, Cora AI. Wadsworth of Lawrence; she d. Sept.
26, 1895.
1558 Catherine Ellen Wolcott, b. Aug. 25, 1854, Providence, R. I.;
m. Nov. 2, 1880, Charles M. Toll of Denver, Colo.
1559 Mary Alice Wolcott, b. May 25, 1858, Providence, R. L; d.
Feb. 3, 1859.
1560 Anna Louise Wolcott, b. May 25, 1858, (twin with Mary) ;
Principal of the Miss Wolcott School, Denver, Colo.
1561 Clara Gertrlt)E Wolcott, b. Dec. 17, 1859, Chicago, 111.; gr.
Smith College, Northampton, 1883; unm.
1562 Herbert Walter Wolcott, b. Nov. 25, 1861, Chicago: m. Oct. 5,
1898, Nellie May Gabriel, dau. of William E. Gabriel of Cleve-
land, Ohio.
1563 Charlotte Augusta Wolcott, b. Oct. 20, 1863, Cleveland, Ohio;
gr. Smith College, 1896.
Child of Arthur and Sarah A. Wolcott, (i^si)'-
1564 Sarah Morrison Wolcott; adopted by an aunt, and named Sarah
Morrison Perry.
Child of Arthur and (2d wife) Clara Wolcott, (1534):
1565 Bertha Belknap Wolcott.
Children of Elizur and Martha Wolcott, (1535):
1566 Leofwyn Wolcott, b. Nov. 20, 1847; d. Aug. 7, 1858.
1567 Edith Dwight Wolcott, b. Dec. 19, 1850; m. Dec. 22, 1897, John
Herbert Davis, Professor of Music at Randolph-IMacon College,
Lynchburg, Va.
1568 Elihu Wolcott, b. Dec. 30, 1859; d. Aug. 29, 1860.
1569 May Mattoon Wolcott, b. May 14, 1863; m. Dec. 22, 1886.
Prof. Edward Bull Clapp, b. April 14, 1856, son of Rev. Charles
Wells Clapp; he was Professor of the Greek Language and Lit-
erature, University of California, at Berkeley.
9th gen. Children of Helen M. and Melatiah E. Dwight, (1550):
1570 Ellsworth Everett Dwight, b. March 20, 1871, Onarga, III;
gr. Princeton College, 1893; m. April 4, 1907, Margaret Dexter
Brush. Member of the firm of Church & Dwight Co., soda manu-
facturers, New York City.
1571 Richard Everett Dwight, b. June 21, 1875, at Onarga, 111.;
gr. Princeton College, 1897; enlisted for the Spanish war June 26,
1898, as private in battery A, Penn. Vol. L. Art.; honorably dis-
charged Nov. 19, 1898, when the battery was mustered out of
service; was in Porto Rico with Gen. Miles; gr. from the New
York Law School, 1899; m. Sept. 27, 1899, Gertrude Grace.
ffi^ttralugg of tit? Pomrrnu 3^amtlg S44
Member of the law firm of Rounds, Shurman & Dwight, New
York City.
1572 William Kirby Dwight, b. Aug. 8, 1879, Onarga, 111.; gr.
Princeton College, 1901 ; gr. New York College of Physicians and
Surgeons, 1905 ; was intern Roosevelt Hospital, New York City,
two years; was elected assistant-surgeon Roosevelt, 1909; m. Feb.
23, 1909, Genevieve Ketchum.
1573 Katharine Wolcott Dwight, b. Aug. 13, 1881, Fairfield, Iowa;
gr. Mount Holyoke College, 1905 ; gr. Kindergarten Department of
Pratt Institute, Brookl\Ti, N. Y., 1907; m. May 18, 1911, Gordon
I Lockwood Berry.
1574 Marion Edith Dwight, b. Feb. 27, 1886, Fairfield, Iowa; gr.
Smith College, Northampton, 1910.
443 ELIHU POMEROY, (Benjamin, Joseph, Medad, Eltweed), b.
Aug. 18, 1755, in Hebron, Conn.; m. 1776, Lydia Barber, b. July
20, 1767, d. Aug. 23, 1828, dau. of Capt. Stephen Barber and
Alice Cass. Resided in Granville and Enfield, and Hebron; he d.
April 17, 1834.
6th gen. Children:
1575 Eleazer Pomeroy, b. Dec. 13, 1776. +
1576 Abigail Pomeroy, b. May 17, 1779. +
1577 Elihu Pomeroy, b. 1783; m. Miss Hull; d. 1812.
1578 Benjamin Pomeroy, b. March 27, 1787. +
1579 Stephen Barber Pomeroy, b. 1789. +
1580 Samuel Pomeroy, b. Feb. 17, 1793. +
1581 Rev. Augustus Pomeroy, b. Oct. 2, 1795. +
445 CAPT. NATHANIEL POMEROY, {Nathaniel, Joseph, Medad,
Eltweed), b. May 2Z, 1734, Suffield, Conn.; m. Sept. 16, 1756,
Abigail King, b. Feb. 11, 1739, d. Oct. 19, 1823, dau. of Ebenezer
King; he d. Feb. 12, 1787. As a Captain in the war of the Revo-
lution he was credited to Suflfield, Conn., having joined Gen.
Spencer's regiment in 1776, 1777 and 1778.
6th gen. Children:
1582 Nathaniel Pomeroy, b. Nov. 29, 1758. +
1583 Amos Pomeroy, b. Oct. 19, 1760. 4-
1584 Abigail Pomeroy, b. Dec. 9, 1762; m. Jan. 13, 1779, Samuel
Palmer.
1585 Susannah Pomeroy, b. March 13, 1765. +
1586 Lucena Pomeroy, b. March 6, 1767.
1587 Ebenezer Pomeroy, b. Jan. 27, 1769; m. (1) April 14, 1793,
Charlotte Elizabeth Mitchell, who d. July 8, 1826; he m. (2) Aug.
' 27, 1827, Betsey Remington, who d. Feb. 1, 1829; s. p.
1588 Anna Pomeroy, b. Dec. 27, 1770. +
1589 Alexander Pomeroy, b. Jan. 13, 1773. +
1590 Phineas Pomeroy, b. 1774. +
1591 Chloe Pomeroy, b, Feb. 20, 1775. +
245 3Fifli| ^nt^ratuitt - {^ehuh
446 LUCINA POMEROY, {Nathaniel, Joseph, Medad, Eltweed), b.
Oct. 27, 1736, Suffield. Conn.; m. April 19, 1759, James Smith,
b. 1733, d. Feb. 17, 1787, son of James Smith and Mary Winchell;
she d. Aug. 28, 1887, Suffield. ; ^. r- n •?
6th gen. Children: t '
1592 LuciNA Smith, b. Dec. 20, 1759.
1593 Susanna Smith, b. Dec. 20, 1759, (twin with Lucina).
1594 James Smith, b. Feb. 22, 1761.
1595 Medad Smith, b. Oct. 2, 1763; m. July 30, 1789, Elizabeth Hale,
dau. of John Hale; she d. Nov. 19, 1847; he d. Oct. 14, 1844,
Wilmington, Vt. +
1597 Lucina Smith, b. ]March 22, 1766.
1598 Uriah Smith, b. Dec. 29, 1868.
1599 Mary Smith, b. Feb. 23, 1771.
1600 Caroline Smith, b. April 23, 1773.
1601 Chloe Smith, b. March 24, 1777.
1602 Daniel Smith, b. Nov. 26, 1779.
yth gen. Children of Medad and Elizabeth Smith, (1595):
1603 Medad Smith, b. May 5, 1790.
1604 Laura Smith, b. June 16, 1792.
1605 Sally Smith, b. Oct. 3, 1794.
1606 James Smith, b. Oct. 19, 1796.
1607 Obed Smith, b. April 26, 1799.
1608 Sylvester Smith, b.
1609 Abel Stacy Smith, b. Nov. 29, 1810, Wilmington, Vt.; m. Dec.
24, 1839, Elizabeth Briggs Brewster, b. Oct. 31, 1818, d. Nov. 23,
1900, dau. of William Brewster of Parkman, Me.; had 8 children.
448 CAPT. JOHN POMEROY, {Nathaniel, Joseph, Medad, Eltweed),
b. March 7, 1741, in Suffield, Conn.; m. 1764, Elizabeth King, b.
Oct. 25, 1746, d. 1831, Poultney, Vt., dau. of Ebenezer King of
Suffield ; he d. May 29, 1804. Paulet, Vt. He was a soldier of the
Revolution, joining Capt. Oliver Hackett's Company as Sergeant,
May 12, 1775. He also responded to the alarms from Lexington,
nine days in that service.
6th gen. Children:
1610 Elizabeth Pomeroy, b. May 20, 1765, in Windsor, Conn.; m.
Mr. Carter; d. Paulet, Vt., 1845.
1611 John Spencer Pomeroy, b. Aug. 23, 1767, Windsor, Conn. +
1612 Olive Pomeroy, b. Sept. 23, 1769, Windsor; m. Mr. Taylor; she
d. May 5, 1813, Paulet, Vt.
1613 Lucy Pomeroy, b. Jan. 1, 1772; m. Mr. Hastings; she d. May 5,
1813, Paulet, Vt.
1614 Zadoc Pomeroy, b. July 1, 1774. +
1615 Daniel Pomeroy, b. Oct. 6, 1776; m. Dec. 8, 1801, Lucy Farring-
ton of Roxbury; he d. March, 1820, Boston, Mass.
1616 Margaret Pomeroy, b. Feb. 14, 1779; m. Mr. Blossom; she d.
Aug. 5, 1825, Paulet, Vt.
] 449 DANIEL POMEROY, (Nathaniel, Joseph, Medad, Eltweed), b.
\ March 20, 1740, Suffield, Conn.; m. July 7, 1768, Hannah Hale,
'I who d. July 2, 1814; he d. June 17, 1777. He was a private in
Capt. Clark's Company in the Revolution.
6th gen. Children:
1617 Joseph Pomeroy, b. Aug. 7, 1769. +
1618 Daniel Pomeroy, b. March 25, 1771 ; d. May 10, 1771.
1619 Hannah Pomeroy, b. April 20, 1772,
1620 Elizabeth Pomeroy, b. March 13, 1776.
450 ASA POMEROY, {Nathaniel, Joseph, Medad, Eltweed), b. June
1, 1749, Suffield, Conn.; m. Dec. 15, 1771, Mary King, b. Dec. 7,
1746, d. Feb. 22, 1824, dau. of Thomas King. He responded to
the Lexington and Concord alarms preceding the Revolution. He
d. March 9, 1806.
6th gen. Children, b. in Suffield, Conn.:
1621 Mary Pomeroy, b. March 12, 1773.
1622 Asa Pomeroy, b. Nov. 15, 1774. +
1623 Huldah Pomeroy, b. Nov. 29, 1776. +
1624 Oliver Pomeroy, b. and d. Jan. 4, 1779.
1625 Ruth Pomeroy, b. Sept. 15, 1781; m. Stodard Pasco, son of
Jonah Pasco and Sarah Allen.
1626 Oliver Pomeroy, b. June 15, 1783; m. Nancy Sheldon, b. 1786,
dau. of John Sheldon and Sabra March; she d. Aug. 13, 1862; he
d. April 22, 1868; s. p.
1627 Israel Pomeroy, b. May 22, 1786. +
451 NOAH POMEROY, {Noah, Joseph, Medad, Eltweed), b. Jan.
24, 1733, Suffield, Ct.; m. Oct. 15, 1753, -Elizabeth Norton.
6th gen. Child:
1628 Nathaniel Pomeroy, b. 1755. +
453 ELIAKIM POMEROY, {Noah, Joseph, Medad, Eltweed), b.
May 3, 1735, Suffield, Conn.; m. Oct. 19, 1758, Sarah Sheldon,
who d. Nov. 25, 1813, aged 78; he d. June 19, 1790, Suffield, Conn.
6th gen. Children, b. Suffield:
1629 Olive Pomeroy, b. June 14, 1759; m, Jan., 1802, Joseph Jones,
who d. March 3, 1835; she d. April 24, 1835; s. p.
1630 Abigail Pomeroy, b. May 7, 1761. +
1631 Anna Pomeroy, b. March 8, 1763. +
1632 Jonathan Remington Pomeroy, b. 1764; his father left him £75
in his will; d. 1803; unm.
1633 Epaphras Pomeroy, b. Sept. 1, 1765. +
1634 Sarah Pomeroy, b. Dec. 5, 1766; d. April 17, 1767.
1635 Sarah Pomeroy, b. Aug. 11, 1770. +
1636 Rebecca Pomeroy, b. Dec. 5, 1772. +
1637 Oliver Pomeroy, b. Dec. 7, 1774. +
1638 Achsah Pomeroy, b. Oct. 7, 1777. +
247 3FtfiI| (&tmxdiuin - fflabb
454 ABIGAIL POMEROY, (Noah, Joseph, Medad, Eltweed), b.
Suffield, Oct. 14, 1736; m. Bildad Gibbons. Resided, Wheatland,
N. Y. '
6th gen. Children:
1639 Oliver Gibbons. 1640 Thankful Gibbons.
It is said there were three other children.
458 JONATHAN POMEROY, {Noah, Joseph, Medad, Eltiueed), b.
Sept. 13, 1743, Suffield, Conn.; m. March 7, 1771, Prudence
Austin, b. 1747, d. Jan. 15, 1837; he d. Sept. 24, 1808. He re-
sponded to the alarms of Lexington and Concord; also, joined
Capt. Oliver Hackett's Company in the Revolution, from Suffield,
May 13, 1775.
6th gen. Children, b. at Suffield:
1641 Prudence Pomeroy, b. Jan. 27, 1772; m. Zalmon^Root.
1642 Jonathan Remington Pomeroy, b. May 31, 1773. +
1643 Oliver Pomeroy, b. Jan. 6, 1775 ; d. same year.
1644 Beulah Pomeroy, b. Dec. 28, 1775; d. Dec. 30, 1775.
1645 Beulah Pomeroy, b. May 25, 1777; m. (1) Mr. Dibble; m. (2)
Mr. Hale.
1646 Rufus PoiiEROY, b. March 14} 1779.
461 RUTH POMEROY, (Noah, Joseph, Medad, Eltweed), b. Feb.
8, 1751, at Suffield, Conn. ; m. Nov. 16, 1775, Abner Bellamy.
6th gen. Children, b. at Suffield:
1647 Abner Bellamy, b. and d. Feb. 4, 1778.
1648 Silas Bellamy, b. Jan. 17, J 782.
1649 Ruth Bellamy, b. about 1785.
1650 Noah Bellamy, b. March 12, 1788; d. soon.
1651 Abigail Bellamy, b. March 12, 1788, (twin with Noah).
1652 Noah L. Bellamy, b. July 2, 1790.
488 SAMUEL POMEROY, (Samuel, Samuel, Caleb, Eltweed), b.
Sept. 7, 1729; m. 1752, Chloe Kingsley, b. Aug. 16, 1731, dau.
of Ebenezer Kingsley.
6th gen. Children:
1653 Samuel Pomeroy, d. young.
' 1654 Chloe Pomeroy, bp. 1755 ; m. Edward Wright of Chester.
1655 John Pomeroy, bp. 1757.
1656 Ira Pomeroy, bp. 1759. +
1657 Nancy Pomeroy, b. June 3, 1766. +
1658 Mabel Pomeroy, b. Sept. 30, 1769 ; m. David Hamilton of Chester.
489 HANNAH POMEROY, (Samuel, Samuel, Caleb, Eltweed), b.
May 23, 1732; m. 1752, Aaron Searle, b. 1727, d. Sept. 27, 1810,
son of Nathaniel Searle and Priscilla Webb; she d. Nov. 6, 1793.
{ — — —
] 6th gen. Children:
] 1659 Hannah Se.\rle, b. 1753; m. 1797, Edward Porter of Hawley,
'\ where he lived and d.
1660 Naomi Se.\rle, b. 1755; m. Capt. Daniel Ludington of West
Springfield, iMass. ; he was in Shays's rebellion of 1788.
1661 Lucy Searle, b. 1759; m. 1788, Moses Clark, son of Aaron.
1662 Aaron Searle, b. 1761; m. and moved to Bridport, Vt. ; soldier
in the War of the Revolution; removed to Ohio. +
1663 Dolly Se-\rle, b. 1763.
1664 Phineas Searle, b. about 1765 ; moved to Bridport, Vt.
1665 Samuel Searle, b. 1768; moved to Bridport.
1666 Ira Searle, b. 1770; m. (1) 1793, Polly Everett; m. (2) 1806,
Catherine Coleman, dau. of Lemuel Coleman and Catherine Ed-
wards.
1667 Luther Searle, b. 1773; he moved to Milton, Vt., 1814, thence
to Pennsylvania.
yth gen. Child of Aaron Searle, (1662):
1668 Samuel Searle, b. 1805; living in Bridport in 1888.
490 AARON POMEROY, {Samuel, Samuel, Caleb, Eltweed), b.
April 22, 1734; m. (1) Dec. 22, 1759, Eholoma Burt; m. (2) Oct.
6, 1764, Eunice Clark, b. 1738, d. 1816, dau. of Selah Clark and
Eunice Wright; -he d. July 14, 1819.
6th gen. Children:
1669 Eholoma Pomeroy, bp. April 27, 1766; m. March 9, 1788, Supply
Clark.
1670 Aaron Pomeroy, Jr., bp. Aug. 18, 1767. +
1671 Eunice Pomeroy, bp. Aug. 4, 1776.
491 ANNA POMEROY, {Samuel,' Samuel, Caleb, Eltweed), b. 1736;
m. about 1757, Gideon Searle, b. 1731 ; she- m. (2) Aug. 17, 1800,
Nathaniel Searle, who d. Oct. 20, 1806; she d. Oct. 31, 1817.
6th gen. Children:
1672 Anna Se-\rle, b. 1758; m. 1781, Seth Hannum; she d. Sept. 27,
1846; he d. 1814, ae. 57. +
1673 Dorcas Searle, b. 1760; m. 1780, Samuel Coleman; he d. 1832;
s. p.
1674 Phebe Searle, b. 1762 ; m. 1784, Benoni Hannum ; she d. 1810. +
1675 Gideon Searle, b. 1764; m. 1785, Mrs. Louisa Loomis; he d. 1804.
1676 Dr. Jesse Searle, b. 1765; m. Naomi Clapp, b. March 3, 1773,
d. 1830, dau. of Selah Clapp and Abigail Clark. They settled in
Otisco, N. Y.
1677 Violet Searle, b. 1768; m. 1788, Aretus Sheldon, son of Ebenezer
Sheldon and Sarah Strong; she d. 1791.
1678 Esther Searle, b. 1770; m. 1797, Behan Strong, son of Elihu
Strong and wife Thankful Sheldon; he d. 1818, ae. 46; she m. (2)
Edward Porter of Hadley, Mass.; she d. 1851.
1679 Gaius Searle, b. March 1, 1772; m. Nov. 10, 1798, Electa Day
of West Springfield, Mass.; she d. July 25, 1818; he m. (2) 1819,
249 Wxttli^tmrvdmn - (Unltb
Mrs. Jemima Lyman Clark, who d. 1838; he m. (3) 1839, Esther
Pomeroy of Williamsburg, Mass.; he d. Aug. 14, 1858. +
1680 Nancy Searle, b. 1776; m. 1799, Rufus Searl, son of Abijah
Searl and wife Elizabeth Clapp; she d. Dec. 22, 1861. +
1681 Heman Searle, b. 1778; m. 1801, Abigail Clapp, dau. of Selah
Clapp and Abigail Clark; she d. 1851, ae. 70; he m. (2) 1851,
Sarah Edwards, dau. of Luther Edwards and wife Sarah Sheldon;
she d. Feb. 18, 1874, ae. 84; he d. Oct. 9, 1862. +
yth gen. Children of Anna and Seth Hanniim, (i6j2):
1682 Naomi Hannum, b. Jan. 7, 1783; d. 1802.
1683 Anna Hannum, b. Aug. 18, 1784.
1684 Dorcas Hannum, b. July 28, 1786; d. 1811.
1685 Lewis Hannum, b. Aug. 19, 1788; d. June 15, 1812, South Had-
ley, Mass.
1686 Zelotus Hannum, b. July 17, 1793; m. and had three sons.
1687 Jerusha Hannum, b. May 19, 1795; m. 1814, Chester Clapp, son
of Joel Clapp and Mercy Pomeroy; she d. July 23, 1882.
1688 Seth Hannum, Jr., b. July 31, 1797.
Children of Phehe and Benoni Hannum, (1674):
1689 QuARTus Hannum, b. Aug. 26, 1785; m. 1811, Jane Rogers, dau.
of John Rogers and wife Jane Stephenson.
1690 Orin Datus Hannum, b. 1786; m. 1813, Sally Sprague.
1691 Phebe Hannum, b. Nov. 5, 1789; m. 1813, Chauncey Howard.
1692 Alsa Hannum, b. ; m. Friend Knowlton of Ashfield, Mass.
Children of Gains and Electa Searl, (1679):
1693 Flavius Searl, b. 1799; d. 1805.
1694 Calvin Bliss Searl, b. 1801; d. 1815.
1695 Fidelia Searl, b. July 22, 1803; m. Oct. 11, 1823, Dr. Josiah A.
Gridley.
1696 Electa Searl, b. Jan. 5, 1806; m. July, 1829, Homer Spencer; d.
April 3, 1831.
1697 Flavius Searl, b. ; d. soon.
1698 Flavius Searl, b. 1814; m. Aug. 29, 1838, Abigail D. Brown of
Brimfield, Mass.; physician, and celebrated for skill in dentistry;
practiced medicine in Springfield; d. there.
1699 Calvin Day Searl, b. July 14, 1818 ; m. and d. in Ohio.
Children of Nancy and Rufus Searl, (1680):
1700 Pamelia Searl, b. 1800; d. 1802.
1701 Pamelia Searl, b. 1802 ; d. Sept. 23, 1839.
1702 Anna Searl, b. Dec. 31, 1804; d. Oct. 12, 1820.
1703 HoPHNi Searl, b. Dec. 6, 1806; m. 1832, Louisa Boleyn of New
Hampshire.
1704 Almena Searl, b. Feb. 1, 1809; m. 1828, James Andrus Thorpe.
: 1705 Rufus C. Searl, b. Jan. 5, 1811; m. Charles Searl, son of Henry
L. ; lives at Hartford, Conn.
1706 Julius Searl, b. 1813; d. at New Haven, Conn., 1877.
1707 Nancy Searl, b. Dec. 17, 1815 ; m. Daniel Morgan.
1708 Dorcas Searl, b. 1818; d. 1822.
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1709 Lewis Searl, b. 1821; d. 1824.
Children of Henian and (ist zinfe) Abigail Searl, (1681):
1710 AcHSAH Searl, b. Oct. 18, 1801 ; m. 1822, Gad C. Lyman, son of
Gaius Lyman and wife Tryphena Clark; she d. 1828; s. p.
1711 Jesse Searl, b. Nov. 1, 1803; m. Jan. 9, 1830, Jane Stedman of
Manchester, Conn.; he d. Aug. 25, 1852; descendants now living
at Southampton, Kansas City, and Alaska.
1712 Abigail Searl, b. Dec. 21, 1805; m. 1827, Rufus S. Clark; d.
Aug. 15, 1853.
1713 Harriet Searl, b. June 20, 1808; m. Jan. 1, 1827, Milton A.
Kinney.
1714 Gideon Searl, b. March 5, 1810; m. Almira Betham of Schenec-
tady, N. Y.; gr. Union College, 1830; d. Aug. 14, 1837, Green-
ville, Ohio.
1715 Heman L. Searl, b. July 10, 1812; m. Nov. 30, 1837, Barbary
Schemerhom.
1716 Naomi E. Searl, b. July 12, 1814; m. 1842, Jonathan N. Judd.
1717 Orissa Moseley Searl, b. April 23, 1816; m. Oct. 2, 1837, Dr.
B. Wells of Utica, N. Y.
1718 Emily A. Searl, b. June 1, 1820; m. 1840, Charles A. Barrows of
Hubbardstown, Mass., son of Francis A. Barrows; children live in
Newton, Mass.
1719 Infant, b. and d. 1822.
1721 Francis N. Searl, b. July 21, 1823; m. Sarah Clark, dau. of
Timothy.
492 CAPT. ABNER POMEROY, {Caleb, Samuel, Caleb, Eltweed),
b. Sept. 7, 1734, Southampton, Mass.; m. (1) 1755, Mary French;
m. (2) about 1778, Mercy Sheldon, b. 1743-4, dau. of Noah
Sheldon and Mary Bascom. He had five years service in the
War of the Revolution as Lieutenant and Captain. After the
war they removed to Plattsburg, N. Y. Abner Pomeroy, of
Southampton, joined Captain Lemuel Pomeroy's company as
Lieutenant, April 21, 1775; also, joined Col. John Fellows' regi-
ment as Captain, Aug. 1, 1775; also, joined Capt. John Kirkland's
company, as First Lieutenant, Aug. 16, 1775 ; also, joined Col.
Ezra Wood's regiment, as Captain, Jan. 26, 1779.
6th gen. Children by ist zvife:
1722 Mary Pomeroy, b. Jan. 11, 1756; m. Dec. 21, 1776, Asahel Han-
num; she d. 1837.
1723 Charity Pomeroy, bp. Jan. 19, 1757. +
1724 Jerusha Pomeroy, b. March 29, 1758; m. 1779, Elijah Bartlett.
1725 Abner Pomeroy, b. Aug. 7, 1760; d. 1763.
1726 Oliver Pomeroy, b. Jan. 24, 1762; soldier of the Revolution.
1727 Silas Pomeroy, b. April 16, 1764. +
1728 Electa Pomeroy, b. Dec. 26, 1765 ; d. April 19, 1767.
1729 Abigail Pomeroy, b. May 2, 1766. +
1730 Electa Pomeroy, b. July 17, 1768; m. + .
1731 Cynthia Pomeroy, b. and d. Dec. 21, 1770.
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1732 Cynthia Pomeroy, b. Feb. 20, 1772; m. May 3, 1789, John Nichol
of Northampton.
Children by 2d wife:
1734 LucRETiA Pomeroy, b. 1780, Plattsburg, N. Y.
1735 Abner Pomeroy, b. 1782. 1737 Phebe Pomeroy, b. 178/.
1736 Mercy Pomeroy, b. 1785.
493 ELIJAH POMEROY, {Caleb, Samuel, Caleb, Eltweed), b. Aug.
22, 1736, Southampton, Mass.; m. 1766, Ruth Phelps, b. April 6
1738, Northampton, d. Sept. 24, 1823, Southampton, dau. of
Samuel Phelps and Mindwell Fowler. He was a soldier of the
French and Indian wars. Settled in the northern part of Souths
ampton and became a prosperous farmer. He d. there intestate,
Dec 3 1792, and an inventory of his estate, amounting to ±65o,
was filed March 29, 1793, and the distribution (May 16, 1793)
was made to his widow and children, Elijah, Enoch, Samuel, Ruth,
and Joel.
6th gen. Children:
1738 Elijah Pomeroy, b. Feb. 15, 1768; d. 1793; unm.
1739 Dea. Stephen Pomeroy, b. June 20, 1769. +
1740 Dr. Enoch Pomeroy, b. July 20, 1771. +
1741 Samuel Pomeroy, b. May 13, 1774, +
1742 Ruth Pomeroy, b. April 10, 1777. +
1743 Joel Pomeroy, b. July 13, 1780. +
494 ELEANOR POMEROY, {Caleb, Samuel, Caleb, Eltweed), b.
April 11, 1738, Southampton, Mass.; m. Oct. 21, 1762, James
Hulbert, Jr., b. Sept. 20, 1735, d. Jan. 9, 1824, son of James Hul-
bert and Mary Gauslin; she d. April 21, 1823.
6th gen. Children, all b. Northampton, Mass.:
1744 Seth Hulbert, b. July 8, 1763; m. March 6, 1782, Priscilla Pom-
eroy, b. June 15, 1764, Southampton, dau. of Elisha Pomeroy and
Priscilla Searle; he d. Feb. 24, 1783; s. p. , . ,^ u
' 1745 Eleanor Hulbert, b. Nov. 22, 1764; m. Mr. Day; she d, M^rch
20, 1785. ^ ^ .J
1746 Rhoda Hulbert, b. April 15, 1766; m. (1) Erastus Bndgman;
m (2) Perley Morgan. +
1747 Rachel Hulbert, b. Dec. 29, 1768; m. Oct. 11, 1787, Elijah Tay-
lor, b. Oct. 3, 1763, d. Aug. 23, 1841, son of Reuben Taylor; she
d. March 21, 1845. Res., Lyons, N. Y. +
1748 Samuel Hulbert, b. Aug. 7, 1770; d. July, 1772.
1749 Moses Hulbert, b. Aug. 7, 1770, (twin with Samuel); m. Miss
Harmon, Easthampton. <• tti-- v,
1750 Phebe Hulbert, b. July 6, 1773; m. Elijah Parsons, son of Elijah,
Northampton. ^ , , ^
1751 Achsah Hulbert, b. May 25, 1775; m. 179d, Noah Strong, son
of Enos. +
1752 Samuel Hulbert, b. May 12, 1777; d. March 26, 1860.
1753 Joel Hulbert, b. Aug. 1, 1779; d. April 15, 1855; unm.
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i 1754 James Hulbert, b. June 29, 1782 ; d. May 6, 1863.
.1 yth gen. Children of Rhoda and Erastus Bridgman, (1J46):
1755 Clark Bridgman,
1755.1 Daughter Bridgman, m. Oliver Warner.
Children of Rachel and Elijah Taylor, b. Northampton, (1747):-
1756 Betsey Taylor, b. Sept. 19, 1788; m. Oct. 31, 1820, Abel Marsh;
d. Aug. 9, 1875, Coldwater, Mich.
1757 Theodosia Taylor, b. Jan. 8, 1790; m. Calvin L. Palmiter; d.
March 16, 1875, Lyons, N. Y.
% 1758 Polly Taylor, b. Aug. 25, 1791; d. Oct. 4, 1811; unm.
\ 1759 Rachel Taylor, b. Aug. 12, 1793; m. Daniel F. Smith; d. Jan.
14, 1880.
1760 Ruth Taylor, b. Jan. 5, 1796; d. April 18, 1810. .
1761 Sybil Taylor, b. April 16, 1799; m. Charles Parsons; d. Aug. 16,
1883, Batavia, N. Y.
1762 Pamelia Taylor, b. Oct. 9, 1801 ; m. Sept. 30, 1822, Ira Wells, b.
July 15, 1794, Cambridge, N. Y., d. April 11, 1882, son of Henry
Wells and Rebecca Collins; she d. Nov. 14, 1891. +
1763 Elijah Pomeroy Taylor, b. Feb. 2, 1805; m. Jan., 1828, Jerusha
Delling; d. Nov. 21, 1881, Lyons, N: Y.
Children of Achsah and Noah Strong, (ly^i):
1764 Phebe Strong, b. April 14, 1797; d. Aug. 1, 1869, unm.
1765 Horatio Strong, b. Aug. 1, 1799; d. Nov. 20, 1802.
1766 Achsah Strong, b. Oct. 23, 1802; m. (1) Waitstill Root Strong;
m. (2) Chester Morrell.
1767 Frederick Strong, b. Jan. 19, 1805.
1768 Eleanor Strong, b. Aug. 16, 1807; m. Thomas Lyman.
1769 Elizabeth Strong, b. Aug. 1, 1810; m. in 1841, Robert Porter,
Essex, 111.
1770 Jonathan Clark Strong, b. Sept. 1, 1814; d, March 29, 1832.
8th gen. Children of Pamelia and Ira Wells, (1J62):
1771 Harriet Hart Wells, b. Sept. 1, 1823, Red Creek, N. Y.; m.
Sept. 25, 1844, Edwin J. Andrews ; she d. 1880, Lyons, N. Y.
1772 Graham Albert Wells, b. April 19, 1827, Red Creek; m. Sept.
14, 1864, Amelia A. Wells; he d. June 25, 1904, Indianapolis, Ind.
1773 Frances Augusta Wells, b. Feb. 25, 1831, Lyons; m. Aug. 14,
1854, Jesse C. Wisner.
1774 Edward Bridgman Wells, b. April 12, 1833, Prattsburg, N. Y. ;
m. Alice Gregory; he d. April 1, 1908, Oyde, N. Y.
1775 Olivia Parmelia Wells, b. Nov. 23, 1836, Prattsburg, N. Y.;
m. June 15, 1858, Samuel Newell Dada, b. Dec. 7, 1826, Cortland,
N. Y., son of Lemuel Dada and Merinda Budlong. H-
1776 Ira Baxter Wells, b. Feb. 18, 1839; m. Oct. 14, 1879, Mary C.
Wolf; he d. May 3, 1844, Columbus, Ohio.
1777 Sarah Rebecca Wells, b. March 3, 1843; m. Dec. 9, 1864, Cor-
nelius Van de Vort; she d. Aug. 11, 1879, Phelps, N. Y.
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pth gen. Children of Olivia and Samuel N. Dada, (1775):
1778 George Salmon Dada, b. Aug. 15, 1860; m, Oct. 11, ,
Amelia Hamilton.
1779 Gertrude Merinda Dada, b. Aug. 16, 1862; m. Jan. 16, 1888,
William B. Fuller.
1780 Harriet Elizabeth Dada, b. Aug. 16, 1864; m. Sept. 18, 1885,
Lemuel E. Storms.
1781 William Newell Dada, b. Feb. 8, 1868.
1782 Edward Wells Dada, b. Aug. 6, 1873; m. May 9, 1895, Maud
Failor.
1783 Charles Graham Dada, b. July 28, 1875; m. Dec. 7, 1907, Ada
Bergman.
495 CALEB POMEROY, {Caleb, Samuel, Caleb, Eltzveed), b. July
10, 1740, Southampton, Mass.; m. Sept. 20, 1770, Chloe Strong,
b. June 22, 1744, d. 1821, dau. of Aaron and Rachel Strong; he
d. Dec. 19, 1810; military service in the Revolution from Hamp-
shire Co. ; joined Capt. Simeon Clap's company May 10, 1777.
Farmer. Southampton, Mass.
6th gen. Children:
1784 Chloe Pomeroy, bp. 1772; m. Oct. 14, 1792, Willard Slack of
Northampton, Mass., who d. Jan. 16, 1854, West Farms, Mass.;
she d. there April 6, 1857.
1785 Anna Pomeroy, bp. 1774. +
1786 Caleb Pomeroy, b. 1777.
1787 Gershom Pomeroy, b. 1779; d. 1806.
1788 Sarah Pomeroy, b. 1782. +
496 CHLOE POMEROY, {Caleb, Samuel, Caleb, Eltweed), bp. Nov.
29, 1741; m. Aug. 17, 1769, Simeon Strong (his 2d wife), b.
Dec. 23, 1734, d. Jan. 7, 1820, son of Matthew Strong and Sarah
Sheldon; she d. March 1, 1826.
6th gen. Children:
1789 Simeon Strong, bp. July 9, 1770; d. July, 1772.
1790 Levi Strong, bp. Nov. 24, 1771 ; d. March 24, 1776.
1791 Hannah Strong, bp. Sept. 5, 1773; d. March 24, 1776.
1792 Simeon Strong, b. Feb. 5, 1775 ; d. May 13, 1786.
1793 Hannah Strong, bp. March 16, 1777; m. 1796, Aaron Rice; she
d. Aug. 6, 1798.
1794 Levi Strong, bp. Nov. 24, 1779.
1795 Joseph Strong, bp. May 2, 1780.
1796 Nathaniel Strong, bp. May 2, 1783.
1797 Chloe Strong, bp. Feb. 27, 1785.
1798 Jerusha Strong, bp. Jan. 11, 1789.
498 ENOS POMEROY, {Caleb, Samuel, Caleb, Eltweed), h. 1746;
m. (1) about 1767, Freedom Clark, b. 1748, d. 1786, dau. of Capt.
Timothy Clark and Freedom Edwards; m. (2) Nov. 30, 1797,
Miriam (Bartlett) Wolcott; he d. 1813.
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6th gen. Children:
1799 Enos Pomeroy, b. Oct. 4, 1768; m. (1) May 25, 1797, Phebe
Clapp; m. (2) April 28, 1817, Mrs. Achsah Wright; he d. about
1813, in Easthampton; s. p. -•
1800 Sylvia Pomeroy, b. May 5, 1770. +
1801 Hannah Pomeroy, b. 1776; m. Adolphus of Wyoming
county, N. Y.
1802 Dr. Saul Pomeroy, b. Feb. 15, 1779. +
1803 W^ARHAM Pomeroy, b. Aug. 29, 1781. +
1804 Seth Pomeroy, b. 1784. +
1805 Freedom Pomeroy, b. 1786. +
Child by 2d wife:
1806 Infant, d. soon.
501 SOLOMON POMEROY, {Caleb, Samuel, Caleb, Elfweed), bp.
Jan. 26, 1752; m. Oct. 6, 1779, Rachel Alvord, bp. Sept. 25, 1757,
d. April 25, 1831 ; settled in Easthampton, where he d. Nov. 6,
\i 1829. It is possible that this is the Solomon Pomeroy who joined
Capt. Solomon White's company from Southampton, May 20, 1777.
6th gen. Children:
1807 Solomon Pomeroy, b. 1781. +
1808 Clarissa Pomeroy, bp. 1783 ; m. 1800, Jonathan Wolcott of South-
ampton; she d. Sept. 15, 1816.
1809 Theodosia Pomeroy, b. at Easthampton, 1785.
1810 Sylvester Pomeroy, b. at Easthampton, 1786.
522 LOIS POMEROY, (Joshua, Samuel, Caleb, Eltweed), b. May
29, 1749, Southampton, Mass.; m. 1772, Zadoc Hubbard, b. Jan.,
1749, Westfield, Mass., son of Daniel Hubbard (John Hulburd,
John Hulburd, William Hulburd who came to Dorchester in 1630,
to Windsor in 1636, to Northampton in 1657) and Naomi Root.
Daniel changed his name from Hulburd to Hubbard in 1755, it
having been spelled also Hulbert, the change being made after he
located in Pittsfield. He was a soldier of the Revolution. Lois
Pomeroy Hubbard d. 1779, at Lansboro, Mass.; he m. (2) about
1780, Mrs. Sally (Lobdell) Sprague, b. Sept. 29, 1746, Ridge-
field, Conn., d. Dec. 2, 1838, Chenango Forks, N. Y., dau. of
Joshua Lobdell and Sarah Scott; he d. in 1814, at Aurora, N. Y.
6th gen. Children by ist wife, b. Lansboro, Mass.:
1811 Zadoc Hubbard, Jr., b. 1773; m. Feb. 19, 1795, Mrs. Polly Blos-
som of Lenox, Mass. ; he d. 1823, at Onondaga Hill, N. Y. +
1812 Nathan Hubbard, b. Feb., 1775; m. June 4, 1801, Alma Belden,
b. Jan. 7, 1777, in Lenox, Mass., dau. of Oliver Belden (Silas,
Jonathan, John, Richard) and Ann Woodruff (his 2d wife) :
he d. 1813, at Middlebury, Vt. ; she m. (2) 1817, David Seymour,
Jr., (who had previously m. Sally Hubbard, dau. of Zadoc Hub-
bard and Sarah Lobdell Sprague); Alma d. in 1828; Mr. Sey-
mour m. (3) Cynthia Holdbridge; he was b. in Norwalk, Conn.,
1772, d. in Lisle, N. Y., 1856. +.
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1813 Lois Hubbard, b. June 20, 1777; m. Jan. 4, 1801, Stephen Wells,
Jr., of Lenox, Mass., (Edward, Edward, Thomas, Thomas, Na-
thaniel), b. June 20, 1777, d. April 21, 1846, Brocton, N. Y.; she
d. March 24,^1861, bu. at Hedgesville, N. Y. +
Jth gen. Children of Zadoc and Polly Hubbard, (i8ii):
1814 Lois Hubbard. 1817 Polly Hubbard.
1815 Amos Hubbard. 1818 Eunice Hubbard.
1816 Daniel Hubbard.
Children of Nathan and Alma Hubbard, (1812):
1819 Franklin Hubbard, b. Oct. 21, 1801; m. 1828, Maria Eggleston
Seymour, dau. of Ira Seymour (David, John, John, Thomas,
Richard) and Ruth Patterson, b. March 31, 1806, d. 1888; he d.
1865, Davenport, Iowa. Resided in ^Mercer, Pa.
1820 Chauncey Pomeroy Hubbard, b. Nov. 17, 1803, Pittsfield, Mass. ;
m. Aug. 3, 1831, Mary Wells, b. Jan. 25, 1807, Lenox, Mass., d.
Sept. 8, 1898, Fredonia, N. Y., dau. of Stephen Wells (Stephen,
Edward, Edward, Thomas, Thomas, Nathaniel) and Lois Hub-
bard. (Mary Wells Hubbard was eighth in descent from Richard
Warren and William Brewster of the Mayflower.) Chauncey
Pomeroy Hubbard and wife were original members of the First
Presb>i:erian Church of Woodhull, N. Y., and he an Elder in the
Presb>i:erian Church for nearly 60 years. He was a pioneer of
Cameron, N. Y., where he lived fifty years, moving in 1885 to
Fredonia. N. Y. ; he d. April 10, 1894. +
1821 Fanny Belden Hubbard, b. Dec, 1805, Middlebury, Vt. ; m. Oct.,
1828, Dr. Ezra W. Gleason, of Boston, Mass., b. 1804, d. Feb.
22, 1853, in ship en route to California; she d. May 23, 1857,
Batavia, N. Y.
1822 Captain Nathan Pomeroy Hubbard, b. March, 1813; he was
for many years a steamboat Captain on the Mississippi River, and
later a farmer at Clinton, Iowa; d. May 9, 1882, Battle Creek,
Mich.; unm.
Children of Lois and Stephen Wells, Jr., (1813):
1823 Hubbard Ford Wells, b. Dec. 11, 1801, Lenox, Mass.; m. Sept.,
1828, Mary Antoinette Rees, b. May 5. 1806, dau. of William Rees
and Anna Knapp; she d. July 28. 1875, Mercer, Pa.; he d. there
April 17, 1878.
1824 Eliza Wells, b. May 1, 1803, Lenox, Mass.; m. June 27, 1826,
David Smith of Sherburne, N. Y., who d. 1860, at Addison, N.
Y.; she d. June 11, 1845, China, N. Y.; he m. (2) July 11, 1846,
Margaret Ford, b. April 19, 1798, Norwich, Conn.
1825 George Wells, b. June 4, 1805, Lenox; d. there June 10, 1808.
1826 Mary Wells, b. Jan. 25, 1807, Lenox, Mass.; m. Chauncey Pom-
eroy Hubbard. (See 1820.)
1827 Rev. George Marion Wells, b. April 25, 1810, Lenox, Mass. ; m.
June 10, 1833, Lucy Stark, b. March 30, 1808, Rocky Ford, Conn.,
dau. of James Stark and Ruth Yeomans, who d. March 26, 1881,
Unionville; he d. Oct. 4, 1897, Lucerne, Mo.
1828 Luke Wells, b. and d. 1813, Lenox, Mass , m v
1829 Luke Wells, b. Oct., 1814, Lenox; d. Aug. 1, 1821, Richford, NY.
1830 Henry Wells, b. Sept., 1820, Richford, N. Y.; d, there June, 1824.
8th gen. Children of Chauncey P. and Mary Hubbard, (1820):
1831 Emily Hubbard, b. June 3, 1832, WoodhuU, N. Y.; m. Nov. 22,
1881 Daniel Stearns Hubbard (his 2d wife) of Syracuse N.
Y., where he d. Oct. 6, 1899.
1832 Ann Maria Hubbard, b. April 27, 1834, Cameron, N. Y. ; m. ( 1 )
July 25, 1871, Rev. David Sanford Morse, b. 1792, d. Dec. 21,
1871; she m. (2) June 17, 1873, Amasa Cooke; she d. Feb. 18,
1905, Pittsfield, ]\Iass. >t xr ^ ^t ^A
1833 Adelaid Hubbard, b. Feb. 11, 1837, Cameron, N. Y.; d. May 14,
1908, Fredonia, N. Y.; unm. ^ ^ ^ ^ tvt t. c
1834 Mary Adelia Hubbard, b. Jan. 20, 1839, Cameron; d. March 5,
1841.
1835 Rev Albert Wells Hubbard, b. Oct. 18, 1841; m. Aug. 25, 1873,
Emma Roxanna Spencer, b. April 9, 1851, dau. of Judge George
Tilley Spencer and Harriet Stacey; Amherst, 1867; Prmceton
Seminary, 1870, where he was ordained a missionary of the A. B
C. F. M., and went out to Sivas, Asia, in 1873 ; he d. there April
13 1899
1836 Chauncey George Hubbard, M.D., b. Oct. 16, 1845 ;m. Oct. 14,
1880, Florence Nightingale Prentice, b. May 14, 18d8, Jasper,
N Y., dau. of Henry C. Prentice (Jonathan, Henry, William, Na-
thaniel, Henry, Henry) and Amanda M. Keeler. Dr. Hubbard gr.
from the New York University Medical College, 1871 ; settled .in
Homell, N. Y., where he has since practiced his profession; he is
an Elder of the Presbyterian Church; was coroner six years, sec-
retary of the Hornell Board of Health thirteen years; has been
manager of the Homell Library thirty years. Residence, Homell,
N. Y. +
1837 Alma Rose Hubbard, b. Feb. 22, 1850; teacher, residing m Fre-
1838 Mary Annette Hubbard, b. Nov. 9, 1851 ; d. Feb. 22, 1853.
pth gen Children of Dr. Chauncey G. and Florence N. Hubbard,
(1836):
1839 Mary Hubbard, b. Feb. 2, 1882; d. Feb. 12, 1882.
1840 Chauncey Prentice Hubbard, b. April 20, 1883; m. May 20,
1903, Clara E. Losey, b. 1880. ^ ioat
1841 Harold Cedric Hubbard, b. Sept. 17, 1889; m. July 6, 1907,
Irene Maud Torrence, b. Sept. 3, 1890, dau. of Jerome Bona-
parte Torrence and Elizabeth Ann Brink.
526 LYDIA POMEROY, {Joshua, Samuel, Caleb, Eltweed), b. Feb.
29 1756, Southampton, Mass.; m. April 23, 1785, at Southamp-
ton, Mass., Ichabod How, b. April 23, 1749, Brookfield, Mass., d.
Sept. 21, 1820, son of Ichabod How and wife Phebe Tenney;
Lydia d. about 1798. Res., West Springfield, Mass.
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6th gen. Children, b. W. Springfield, Mass.:
\M2 Lydia How, b. May 6, 1786; m. Jan. 16, 1812, Thaddeus Searl, b.
May 29, 1782, Southampton, d. IMarch 31, 1859, son of Nathaniel
Searl, Jr., and wife Experience (Warner) Loomis; she d. March
12 1857 "f"
1843 IchabodHow, b. April 16, 1788; m. (1) Nov. 14, 1816, Eunicia
Street, b. Aug. 28, 1790, dau. of Samuel Street and wife Anna
Munson; she d. 1825; he m. (2) April 13, 1826, Lydia Baldwin,
who d. Alay 27, 1833, dau. of Lydia Searl and William Baldwin;
he m. (3) May 3, 1836, Esther Smith, dau. of Alexander Smith
and wife Elizabeth Hastings.
1844 Joshua How, d. ae. 4 years. 1846 Grace How, d. ae. 5 years.
1845 Phebe How, d. ae. 8 years.
yth gen. Children of Lydia and Thaddeus Searl, (1842): '■■'
1847 Elvira Phebe Searl, b. Dec. 7, 1812; m. Sept. 26, 1838, Abel
Phillips.
1848 Theodore Searl, b. Dec. 8, 1814; m. Jan, 30, 1843, Catherine
Gunn.
1849 Lydia Warner Searl, b. May 12, 1819; d. Sept. 18, 1820.
1850 Lydia Ann Searl, b. Jan. 3, 1822; d. Tune 10, 1901.
1851 Mary Warner Searl, b. Dec. 19, 1824; d. Tan. 20, 1840.
1852 Thaddeus Warner Searl, b. March 2, 1827; d. Dec. 31, 1829.
1853 Henry Thaddeus Searl, b. Aug. 25, 1829; m. March 20, 1856,
Helen Jane Avery of Southampton.
1854 ylCHABOD How Searle, b. Dec. 22, 1831 ; m. Dec. 3, 1867, at Ves-
/ per, N. Y., Jennie Darrow, dau. of Samuel and Nancy Darrow of
Onondaga, N. Y.
1855 Edward Payson Searl, b. Jan. 4, 1834; m. twice; no records
found; said to be living at Springfield, Mass., (1911).
Children of Ichahod and Eunicia Howe, (184^):
1856 Grace Howe, b. May 20, 1819; ra. April 12, 1843, Almon Nelson;
d. Nov. 28, 1847.
1857 Joshua Munson Howe, b. June 18, 1821; m. Lydia Barker; d.
Sept. 16, 1859.
1858 Anna Street Howe, b. Sept. 6, 1823; m. March 4, 1852, Dick-
son Fleming of W. Lebanon, Ind.; d. Feb. 11, 1900.
Children of Ichahod and (2d zvife) Lydia Howe, (1843):
1859 Ichabod Howe, b. Oct. 10, 1827; d. Feb. 13, 1832.
1860 Lydia Eunicia Howe, b. April 21, 1830; d. Nov. 19, 1830.
Child of Ichabod and (sd wife) Esther Howe, (1843):
1861 Eunicia Lydia Esther Howe, b. May 1, 1837: m. April 26, 1859,
Vinson Clapp Searle of Holyoke, Mass.; d. April 22, 1904.
527 MIRIAM POMEROY, {Joshua, Samuel, Caleb, Eltweed), b.
March 25, 1759, Southampton, Mass.; m. Isaac Lobdell, son of
Joshua and Sarah Scott Lobdell of Ridgefield, Conn.; twelve
years after their marriage they moved to Westerlo, Albany county,
N. Y., where both became members of the Baptist church, organ-
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ized in 1800, as charter members. The first mills in Albany county
were erected in 1795, at Westerlo by Isaac Lobdell and one Mr.
Baker. Miriam Pomeroy Lobdell d. at Westerlo, Sept. 11, 1802;
he m. (2) Jerusha Lobdell, his cousin, dau. of Joshua and Eliza-
beth Sherwood Lobdell of Salem, N. Y. ; he d. IMarch 24, 1838.
Mr. Isaac Lobdell entered the Revolutionary War service at
Hancock, iMass., in 1778, Capt. Joseph Barnes' company, Col.
Simonds' regiment, and went to Pittsfield, later joining Gen. Wash-
ington's army at Kings Bridge, going thence to White Plains, in which
battle he was engaged. In August of the following year he joined
i Capt. Smith's company and marched to Lake George; he was also
at the battle of Saratoga and the capture of Burgoyne's army.
6th gen. Children:
1862 Miriam Lobdell, b. at Lanesboro, Mass. ; m. James Jaycox ; they
adopted a son and daughter of Nelson Lobdell, who had married
Miriam, dau. of Olive Lobdell (her sister) and John Myers; re-
j sided in Westerlo, N. Y.
j 1863 Lois Lobdell, b. Jan. 5, 1784, Lanesboro; m. July 11, 1802, Joshua
I Thompkins, farmer of Readsville, b. May 22, 1776, d. 1866; he
1 was a Quaker, son of Elisha Thompkins; she d. at Chesterville,
1 N. Y., Nov. 25, 1828.
I 1864 Anna Lobdell, m. Knight Bennett.
\ 1865 Isaac Lobdell, Jr., b. Jan. 27, 1788, at Lanesboro; m. (1) Nancy
i Udell, dau. of William and Margaret (Horgan) Udell; he m. (2)
j Lorinda (Chapin) Babcock, dau. of William Chapin and widow of
Josiah Hubbell Babcock of Broadalbin, N. Y., d. Aug. 31, 1857,
Westerlo, N. Y.
1866 Joshua Pomeroy Lobdell.
1867 Olive Lobdell, m. John Myers. +
1868 Princess Lobdell, b. March' 15, 1800, Westerlo, N. Y.; m. March,
1818, Asa Keyes Jackson; she d. at Westerlo, April 15, 1874.
Ith gen. Child of Olive and John Myers, (i86j):
1869 Miriam Myers, m. Nelson Lobdell.
528 GRACE POMEROY, {Joshua, Samuel, Caleb, Eltweed), b. May
20, 1761, Southampton. Mass.; m. at Lanesboro, Mass.. Simon
Lobdell, b. Feb. 25, 1762; thev moved to Westerlo, N. Y. ; she d.
Oct. 12, 1845; he d. Dec, 1850, both being buried at Westerlo,
where they resided.
6th gen. Children, b. at Westerlo:
1870 Rebecca Lobdell, b. June 4, 1784; m. Sylvester Ruland. +
1871 Simon Lobdell, Jr., b. Feb. 18, 1786; m. (1) Harriet Blaisdell;
m. (2) Phebe Hurlburt; he was a farmer; d. April 11, 1867.
1872 Jacob Lobdell, b. March 31, 1788.
1873 Gideon Lobdell, b. Nov. 29, 1789; m. Jane Dodge at Freehold,
N. Y.; he d. Jan. 6, 1859.
1874 James Lobdell, b. Dec. 5, 1792; d. Nov., 1797.
1875 Daniel Lobdell, b. Sept. 25, 1794; d. Nov., 1797.
1876 Enos Lobdell, b. Jan. 8, .1796; d. Nov., 1797.
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1877 Lydia Lobdell, b. Dec. 15, 1797; m. William Ingalls; had three
children; she d. and Mr. Ingalls moved to x\lexandria, Va.
1878 James Lobdell, b. March 5, 1800; m. Sallie Corvell of Schoharie
county, N. Y. ; they settled in Rock Valley, N. Y., where he pur-
chased a large tract of woodland and constructed a saw-mill. +
1879 Grace Lobdell, b. Jan. 11, 1802; m. .Stewart Austin; they had a
daughter, who married and lived at Greenbush, N. Y. ; the mother
lived with her until after she had passed her 90th birthday.
1880 Miriam Lobdell, b. May 26, 1803; m. 1821, at Westerlo, Alben
Ruland, b. June 5, 1802, d. Sept. 8, 1881, son of Benjamin Ruland,
who served seven years in the Colonial wars, and Olive Fuller;
he was a cooper.
yth gen. Children of Rebecca and Sylvester Ruland, (i8yo):
1881 Eliza Ruland, m. Theodorus Hart.
1882 Julia Ruland, m. Israel Laketon,
Child of James and Sally Lobdell, (i8j8):
1883 Lucy Ann Lobdell, m. John Slater; he served in the Union army
during the Civil War, and was killed in battle.
529 GIDEON POMEROY, (Joshua, Samuel, Caleb, Eltweed), bp.
June 12, 1765; m. (pub.) May 3, 1789, Irene Brown, b. Sept. 4. 1767,
at Pascommuck, Mass.. d. Sept. 9, 1847, dau. of Rufus Brown and
Jerusha Alexander; Gideon d. May 27, 1843. Rufus Brown's
grandmother was Mrs. Benjamin Janes; she was knocked down
and scalped in the Pascommuck massacre, yet recovered and lived
many years and raised a family; lier husband escaped and secured
a boat in which he went to Nortiiampton for assistance. It was
on the summit of Pomeroy's Mountain that the savages left his
wife for dead. Pursuit was prompt and the flight of the Indians
hurried, hence Mrs. Janes soon had relief. There can be nothing
more remarkable in modern romance than these tragic incidents
grouped together: The Janes children knocked on the head at
the Wait farm and one of them recovering to become the ances-
tor of a long line of descendants, and the wife of Benjamin Janes,
scalped and left for dead, reviving- on the top of Pomeroy's Moun-
tain, where she had been sacrificed.
6th gen. Children:
1884 Joshua Pomeroy, bp. Dec. 17, 1790. +
1885 Gideon Pomeroy, b. June, 1791. -^
1886 Irene Pomeroy, b. March 19, 1793, in Southampton, Mass.; m.
Aug. 6, 1831, Benjamin Hay den of Northampton; m. (2) Phil-
ander Marsh, b. in Montague, Mass., April 16, 1779, son of
Ephraim Marsh and Sarah Mattoon; he d. March 24, 1863, in
Southampton; she d. Nov. 29, 1874, in Southampton; s. p.
1887 Lois Pomeroy, b. Feb. 17, 1795. +
1888 Phebe Pomeroy, b. June 14, 1797. +
1889 George Pomeroy, b. May 1, 1799. +
1890 Jonathan^ Pomeroy, b. and d. 1801.
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I 1891 Jonathan Pomeroy, b. May 17, 1803. +
J 1892 David Pomeroy, b. May 25, 1805. +
1893 John Pomeroy, b. in 1807; d. 1809.
530 JUSTUS POMEROY, (Joshua, Samuel, Caleb, Eltweed), b. Jan.
19, 1767; m. Sept. 16. 1790, Silence Brown, b. :May 26, 1769, d.
July 19, 1848; he d. April 15, 1842. They lived in Easthampton.
The grandmothers of both parents of Silence Brown were toma-
1 hawked and scalped. May, 1704, in the Pascommuck massacre near
•^ the north ridge of jMount Tom, but both recovered. Her Grand-
mother Alexander was Abigail Pomeroy, who m. first John Searle,
who was one of the slain; she afterwards married Nathaniel
Alexander. Silence Brown was descended from Hannah Janes
and Daniel Alexander, both of whom suffered all but death in the
Pascommuck massacre.
6th gen. Children:
1894 Tryphena Pomeroy, b. April 18, 1792; d. Feb. 6, 1880; unm.
1895 Dea. Spencer Pomeroy, b. May 14, 1795. +
1896 Julius Pomeroy, b. May 6, 1802. 4-
1897 Jerusha Pomeroy, b. Dec. 3. 1798. +
1898 Jefferson Pomeroy, b. Feb. 11, 1805; d. Oct. 20, 1806.
1899 Thomas Jefferson Pomeroy, b. April 12. 1808. 4-
1900 Justus Pomeroy, b. Dec. 17, 1810; d. April 21, 1860.
. 531 PRINCESS POMEROY, {Joshua, Samuel, Caleb, Eltweed), b.
Jan. 19, 1767; bp. Feb. 22, 1767, (twin with Justus); m. April
25, 1793, Solomon Wolcott, b. 1768, d. April 23, 1852, son of
Solomon Wolcott; she d ; he m. (2) 1804, Polly Rogers,
dau. of John and Jane Rogers, d. April 29, 1860. Lived in West
Springfield, Mass.
6th gen. Children, (ist marriage):
1901 Princess Wolcott, m. Shaler Winchell.
1902 Moses Wolcott. 1903 Amanda Wolcott.
533 ICHABOD pomeroy. {Noah, Samuel, Caleb, Eltweed), b.
March 9, 1757; m. Feb. 14, 1782, Lucv Harris, b. Aug. 11, 1759,
d. March 4, 1837; he d. Nov. 13, 1843. When Ichabod Pomeroy 's
family began to multiply he was not content to farm among the
rocks and along the hill-sides of New England, and with his wife
and nine children, he determined to move into the settlement then
called New Connecticut, now the Western Reserve, considered as
being in the far west at that time. He purchased a lot of wild
land in Geauga County, Ohio, and with his family located thereon
in July, 1808. In a history of Geauga county we find the state-
ment:
"Six families located in Hamden township in the spring of 1808;
that Ichabod was a useful and public spirited man in the community ;
and that he usually officiated at funerals when there was no minister.
He put up the first frame barn in 1812. The school was presided
over by his daughter Anna Pomeroy, who married Anson Pease
in 1811."
6th gen. Childrett:
1904 Daniel Pomeroy, b. Nov. 5, 1782; d. Nov. 11, 1782.
1905 Ann Pomeroy, b. July 11, 1784; d. July 25, 1786.
1906 Lucy Pomeroy, b. Nov. 29, 1785; m. Mr. Harmon.-
1907 Anna Pomeroy, b. April 16, 1787 ; m. Anson Pease.
1908 Temperance Pomeroy, b. July 12, 1789. +
1909 Sarah Ely Pomeroy, b. Feb. 22, 1791. +
1910 IcHABOD Pomeroy, b. June 28, 1792; m. Lucy Bond.
1911 Alpheus Sweetland Pomeroy, b. June 8, 1794; d. June 19 1803
1912 Daniel Harris Pomeroy, b. April 27, 1796. +
1913 TiRZAH Root Pomeroy, b. March 20, 1798; d. Aug. 8, 1820.
1914 JosiAH Andrus Pomeroy, b. Oct. 17, 1800. +
1915 Noah Pomeroy, b. Oct. 9, 1802. +
534 GAD POMEROY, {Noah, Samuel, Caleb, Eltweed), b. April 22,
1759; m. 1782, Lucy Hering of Westhampton, Mass., b. 1761, d.'
1838; he was a soldier of the Revolution, and joined Capt. George
Webb's Company of the Continental army, July 11, 1780, from
Southampton. He d. Feb. 14, 1834.
6th gen. Children:
1916 Russell Pomeroy, b. 1782. +
1917 Titus Pomeroy, b. 1784. +
1918 Gad Pomeroy, bp. 1787. +
1919 Charity Pomeroy, bp. about 1789; m. (1) Winthrop Moseley;
m. (2) Joshua Darrow.
1920 Clarissa Pomeroy, bp. about 1790; d. March 24, 1812- unm
1921 Julius Pomeroy, b. 1792. + ' ' ^^
1922 Rachel Pomeroy, b. 1793; d. Nov. 5, 1814. ^'
1923 Enoch Pomeroy, b. Dec. 31, 1804. + f
535 JOEL POMEROY. {Noah, Samuel, Caleb, Eltweed), b. April 8,
1762; m. Aug. 14, 1796, Mary Campbell of Chester, b. 1764, d.
Aug. 28, 1856; he d. June 25, 1845.
6th gen. Children:
1924 Mary (Polly) Pomeroy, b. 1797; d. 1803.
1925 Sarah Pomeroy, b. 1799; d. 1803, like her sister, of scarlet fever.
1926 Wells Pomeroy, b. 1800; m. 1819. +
1927 Joel Pomeroy, b. 1802. +
1928 Jeremiah Pomeroy, b. May 2, 1804. +
1929 Mary Pomeroy, bp. Jan. 25, 1808. +
1930 Sarah Pomeroy, b. 1811. +
1931 Cornelius Pomeroy, b. 1814. +
1932 Clarissa Pomeroy, b. 1816; d. April 11, 1851; unm.
1933 Rachel Pomeroy, b. 1818; m. DeGraff, who engaged in
railroad construction; he d. March 19, 1879, in Dayton, Ohio.
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«fi DANIEL POMEROY, (Noah, Samuel, Caleb, Eltweed), b. April
8 1762; m. March 29, 1789, Mary Loveland; they were pioneers
from Perue, Berkshire county, Mass., to Thompson, Geauga coun-
ty, Ohio, in 1809; he d. in 1844.
6th Qen. Children:
1934 Eleazer Pomeroy, b. Oct. 14, 1790. +
1935 Polly Pomeroy, b. Jan. 27, 1793. ^
1936 Leonard Pomeroy, b. Oct. 16, 1795.
1937 Dolly Pomeroy, b. Nov. 22, 1798. +
1938 Lydiah Pomeroy, b. May 24, 1801.
1939 Altha Pomeroy, b. Dec. 31, 1803.
«q RUBY POMEROY, (Noah, Samuel, Caleb, Eltweed), b. 1775;
m Timothy Seward, who d. 1840; she d. in Northampton of
pneumonia; at the time of her burial the snow was so deep that
her remains were taken in a sled across the lots and over the
fences, to the cemetery.
6th gen. Children:
1940 Alpheus Seward, b. about 1805; he d. probably in Ohio; unm. •
i941 I^ Seward, b. Feb. 13, 1807; m. 1826, Phebe Bailey; he d. Feb.
7, 1882; they had a large family, but no details are accessible.
Resided 'in Knox county, Nebraska.
^^ ABIGAIL POMEROY, {Simeon, Samuel, Caleb, Eltweed) b
Nov 22 1747, Amherst; m. Justus Williams of Amherst, b. about
1737; she d. Nov. 20, 1832.
6th gen. Children:
1942 Justus Williams, b. and d. ; no dates.
1943 Rachel Williams, b. 1767.
1944 Abigail Williams, b. about 1769. ^ n ,, i,f
1945 Chester Williams, m. Sara Howe, m Enfield, Mass.
1946 Zebediah Williams, d. 1798. * u . a/t
1947 Elijah Williams, b. about 1777; d. 1809, at Amherst, Mass.
1948 Mary Williams, b. 1782; d. 1796, at Amherst.
1949 Ebenezer Williams, b. June 17, 1783; m. Jan. 24, 1808, Philo<
mela Dickinson.
1950 Solomon Williams, b. 1788; d. 1809.
1951 Fanny Williams, b.; m. Dr. Sellers.
546 EUNICE POMEROY, (Simeon, Samuel, Caleb, Eltweed), b.
Nov. 24, 1749, Amherst; m. Amos Nash, bp. 1750. Kes., Am-
herst, Mass.
6th gen. Children:
1952 Clarissa Nash, d. unm.
1953 Eunice Nash, d. 1790; unm. .
1954 Silas Nash, b. Oct. 1, 1783; m. May 14, 1815; d. m Williamson,
N Y
1955 Lucretia Nash, b. 1786; m. Mr. Moody; d. at Rochester, N. Y.
1956 Salome Nash, m. Mr. Moody; d. 181b.
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547 LUCY POMEROY, (Simeon, Samuel, Caleb, Eltzneed), b. Jan.
22, 1752; m. (1) Sept. 15, 1774, Samuel Hastings, b. March 1,
1752, d. Oct. 1, 1807, son of Thomas Hastings. Thomas Hast-
ings was b. in Watertown July 1, 1652, (son of Thomas, a physi-
cian; settled in Hatfield, practicing extensively in the neighboring
towns. He died July 23, 1712, ae. 60; m. (1) Oct. 10. 1672,
Anna, dau. of John Hawkes; she d. Oct. 25, 1705; he m. (2) Feb.
14, 1706, Mary, dau. of David Burt of Northampton. She (Mary)
m. May 17, 1713, Samuel Belding. Thomas and Anna had nine
children, of whom was Thomas, b. Sept. 24, 1679, (d. April 14,
1728), who became a physician in Hatfield, and m. March 6, 1701,
Mary, dau. of John Field of Hatfield. They had twelve children,
of whom was Thomas, b. Jan. 28, 1721. This Thomas removed
about 1753 from Hatfield to Amherst, where he d. Jan. 22, 1787,
ae. 66. He married Mary, dau. of Joseph Belden, who d. July
31, 1801, ae. 78. They had twelve children, of whom was the
above Samuel. His sister, Mary Hastings, m. Simeon Pomeroy,
Lucy's brother.) Lucy m. (2) Alartin Kellogg (his second wife).
6th gen. Children of ist marriage:
1957 Waitstill Hastings, b. June 15, 1775; d. Jan. 3, 1776.
1958 Waitstill Hastings, b. July 24, 1778; m. Elsy Shaw.
1959 Elisha Hastings, b. July 31, 1780; m. Abigail Potwin.
1960 Samuel Hastings, b. Nov. 14, 1785; m. Sarah Spear.
1961 Daniel Hastings, b. and d. July 19, 1788.
548 SIMEON POMEROY, {Simeon, Samuel, Caleb, Eltweed), b.
April 24, 1754; m. Dec. 30, 1779, Mary Hastings, dau. of Thomas
Hastings and Mary Belden, b. Aug. 7, 1759, d. Feb. 12, 1814, at
Amherst, Mass.; m. (2) Hannah, widow of Thomas Goodale; he
d. Oct. 28, 1847, at Amherst. Mass. He was a soldier of the
Revolution, joining Capt. Nodiah Leonard's company April 29,
1775; also, June 24, 1775; he also served an enlistment with Capt.
Reuben Dickinson's company in 1776.
6th gen. Children:
1962 Samuel Pomeroy, b. Sept. 3, 1781. +
1963 Moses Pomeroy, b. June 26, 1783. +
1964 Jesse Pomeroy, b. Jan. 7, 1785. +
1965 Luther Pomeroy, b. Sept. 19, 1788. +
1966 Simeon Pomeroy, b. March 2, 1791. +
1967 Levi Pomeroy, b. May 8, 1793. +
550 JERUSHA POMEROY, (Simeon, Samuel, Caleb, Eltweed), b.
Feb. 6, 1760, Amherst; m. Jan. 23, 1783, Philip Edwards, bp. Feb.
10, 1760, son of Jonathan Edwards.
6th gen. Children:
1968 Jerusha Edwards.
1969 Ira Edwards, b. Nov, 14, 1784; d. Nov. 28, 1805.
1970 AcHSA Edwards, b. April, 1785.
1971 Philip Edwards, b. Dec. 17, 1786.
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1972 Abraham Edwards, b. 1791. 1976 Tama Edwards, b. 1796.
1973 David Edwards, b. 1791. 1977 Jonathan Edwards, b. 1802.
1974 Hannah Edwards, b. 1793. 1978 Hannah Edwards, b. 1804.
1975 William Edwards, b. 1794.
551 DAVID POMEROY. (Simeon, Samuel, Caleb, Eltweed), b. March
12, 1762, at i\mherst, Mass.; m. Sabra Blodgett, b. Nov. 1, 1765,
d. April 14, 1807, dau. of David of Amherst; he d. Aug. 6, 1825.
Res., Amherst, Mass.
6th gen. Children:
1979 Lois Pomeroy, b. March 18, 1787; d. Feb. 27, 1806.
1980 Ansel Pomeroy, b. July 21, 1788. +
1981 Sabr.\ Pomeroy, b. March 23. 1792. +
1982 Almary Pomeroy, b. March 12, 1794. +
1983 Mary Pomeroy, b. Oct. 4, 1796; d. Feb. 17, 1816.
1984 David Pomeroy, b. July 2, 1799. +
1985 Maria Pomeroy, b. Jan. 16, 1802. +
553 DORCAS POMEROY, {Simeon, Samuel, Caleb, Eltweed), b.
Oct. 13, 1767, Amherst; m. Oct. 26, 1794, Justus Clark of Am-
herst, Mass., b. Nov. 24, 1765, d. Dec. 25, 1747, son of Simeon
Clark; she d. July 22, 1849.
6th gen. Children:
1986 Mary Clark, b. Oct. 19, 1795 ; d. Aug. 13, 1805.
1987 Calvin Clark, b. Oct. 13, 1796; d. Aug. 27, 1798.
1988 Lucius Clark, b. Oct. 28, 1798; d. Aug. 20, 1803.
1989 AcHSA Clark, b. June 23, 1802; m. Aug. 4, 1839; d. May 15, 1887.
1990 Mary Clark, b. July 11, 1804; m. Simeon Smith; d. 1885.
1991 Nancy Clark, b. Aug. 27, 1808 ; d. Dec. 24, 1883.
615 EBENEZER POMEROY, (Ebeneser, Eldad, Caleb, Eltweed), b.
Jan. 17, 1741, Easthampton, Mass.; m. Sept. 3, 1766, Experience
Clark, dau. of Aaron Clark, b. Dec. 9, 1745, d. March 4, 1836; he
d. Sept. 7, 1826. He was a soldier of the Revolution, private in
Capt. Lemuel Pomeroy's company, Col. John Dickinson's regi-
ment; enlisted Sept. 20, 1777; discharged Oct. 14, 1777; joined
the expedition to Saratoga under Col. Ezra May; service 90 days,
including 112 miles travel. Res., Otisco Hill, Onondaga county,
N. Y.
6th gen. Children:
1992 Ebenezer Pomeroy, b. July 6, 1767; d. Sept. 13, 1771.
1993 Experience Pomeroy, b. March 5, 1768; m. 1787, Ira Pomeroy,
son of Samuel.
1994 Stephen Pomeroy, b. April 7, 1771 ; d. Oct. 7, 1774.
1995 Ebenezer Pomeroy, b. June 29, 1772. +
1996 Lucy Pomeroy, b. 1773; m. Sept. 23, 1792, Joseph King of North-
ampton; she d. Jan. 1, 1805.
1997 Stephen Pomeroy, b. Aug. 6, 1775. +
1998 Esther Pomeroy, b. Dec. 28, 1776 ; d. June 25, 1802.
2fi5 S^tftl? ^rn^ratuin - Olakb
1999 HosEA PoMEROY, b. Aug. 5, 1780. +
2000 Rev. Thaddeus Pomeroy, b. Feb. 28, 1782. +
2001 LiBBEus Pomeroy, b. Aug. 10, 1784. +
2002 Walter Pomeroy, b. July 3, 1791 ; d. Jan. 18, 1792.
619 GEN. TIMOTHY POMEROY, {Ehenezer, Eldad, Caleb, Elt-
weed), b. Jan. 13, 1750, in Southampton, Mass.; m. (1) Dec. 9,
1777, Phebe Pomeroy, dau. of Caleb and Thankful Phelps, b.
May 24, 1754, d. April 25, 1785; he m. (2) April 8, 1788, Anna
Burt of Northampton, b. Dec. 23, 1756; he d. 1793; she m. (2)
Nathaniel Searle. Resided at Pomeroy Meadows and Southamp-
ton. He was a corporal in Capt. John Kirtland's company, hav-
ing enlisted Aug. 16, 1777. He was a minute-man in the Ben-
nington engagement; and was known as General of militia after
the declaration of peace and the organization of state troops for
home protection against straggling bands of Indians.
6th gen. Children by ist ivife: '
2003 Phebe Pomeroy, b. Sept. 7, 1778; m. Oct. 20, 1799, Joseph Strong,
b. in 1842; she d. in 1838.
2004 Timothy Pomeroy, b. Aug. 13, 1780. '+
2005 Paul Pomeroy, b. Feb. 17, 1782; m. Betsey Young of Troy, N.
Y. ; moved to Otisco, N. Y., thence to Pennsylvania.
2006 Submit Pomeroy, bp. Nov. 22, 1783. +
2007 Keziah Pomeroy, b. April, 1785. +
Children by 2d wife:
2008 Richard Pomeroy, b. Jan. 10, 1789. +
2009 Rev. Medad Pomeroy, b. April 6, 1792. +
621 TITUS POMEROY, {Ebenezer, Eldad, Caleb, Eltweed), b. Oct.
10, 1757; m. 1778, Kesiah Sedgwick, who d. Nov. 19, 1835. They
moved to Rensselaer county, N. Y., in 1781. He served two en-
listments during the Revolution, from South Hadley, as private
in Capt. Moses Montague's company, April 19, 1775, and Capt.
Benjamin Bonney's company, March 13, 1777. He d. at Sand
Lake, N_. Y., Feb. 17, 1846; bu. at Sliter's Corners by the side
of his wife; the tomb-stones are well preserved.
6th gen. Children:
2010 Demaris Pomeroy, b. Oct. 19, 1779; m. (1) Oct., 1800, Reuben
Huntington, b. Sept., 1778; in Westerlo, N. Y. ; she d. there in
1870.
2011 Desiah Pomeroy, b. 1781; m. John Hudson.
2012 Titus Pomeroy, b. Sept. 5, 1783. +
2013 Rev. Jesse Pomeroy, b. Aug. 27, 1785. +
2014 Silas Pomeroy, b. in 1786; lived at Thompkins, Jackson county,
Mich., in 1861.
2015 AsENATH Pomeroy, b. 1789; m. Luther Otis of Fredonia, N. Y.
2016 QuARTus Pomeroy, b. July, 1794. +
2017 Harvey Pomeroy, b. Oct. 28, 1799, at Norwich, Mass.; lived at
Westerlo, N. Y.
2018 Milton Pomeroy, b. Oct. 28, 1799, (twin with Harvey). +
CSrit^alngg of tIjF Pomprag 3^amtl^ 2HH
625 MERCY POMEROY, (Elisha, Eldad, Caleb, Eltweed), b, Oct.
30, 1749; m. Dec. 1, 1770, Lieut. Joel Clapp, b. 1738, d. 1829, son
of Roger Clapp and Ann Munn. He was a soldier in the French
and Indian wars, and we find in the History of Southampton
account of the surrender of Fort William Henry to the treacherous
enemy, in 1757: "]o€i Clapp and Nathaniel Loomis of Southamp-
ton, who had been stripped by the French soldiers, escaped naked
from the Indians after a run of fourteen miles through the forest."
Lieut. Clapp was also an officer in the Revolution. Mercy d. in
1803; he m. (2) Mrs. Abigail Barnes, who d. in 1833.
6th gen. Children, (ist wife), b. Southampton:
2019 Cynthia Cl.^pp, b. Oct. 28, 1771, Southampton; m. in 1791,
Oliver Clark, b. March 19, 1768, Southampton, d. Feb. 21, 1855,
son of Elisha Clark and Hannah Bartlett; she d. July 27, 1834.
Res., Southampton. +
2020 Joel Clapp, Jr., b. July 17, 1772; m. Feb. 12, 1800, Tirzey Trow-
bridge of Buckland; he d. Nov. 1, 1837. +
2021 Stephen Clapp, b. Dec. 9, 1775; m. (1) Eunice Clark, dau. of
Oliver; m. (2) Lucy Elwell; he d. 1827.
2022 Hannah Clapp, b. 1778; m. 1802, Rufus Trowbridge of Buckland,
son of Daniel Trowbridge and Mary Taylor; she d. 1803; he m.
(2) Deborah Pomeroy, dau. of Isaac; she d. s, p. Sept. 22, 1876;
he d. Sept. 13, 1865.
2023 Jemima Clapp, b. Feb. 21, 1781 ; m. in 1807, Hezekiah Wright of
Westhampton; she d. Aug. 9, 1862.
2024 Mercy Clapp, b. in 1783; d. June 30, 1850; unm.
2025 Susannah Clapp, b. Jan. 29, 1785; m. Feb. 18, 1806, Thomas
Rowley, son of Thomas Rowley and Mary Hayes; she d. Sept.
6, 1855. +
2026 Chester Clapp, b. Nov. 25, 1788; m. Sept. 19, 1814, Jerusha
Hannum; he d. Sept. 9, 1862. +
6th gen. Children of Cynthia and Oliver Clark, (20ig):
2027 Oliver Clark, b. 1795; m. in 1827, Elizabeth Strong.
2028 Grant Clark, d. at Augusta, GaT
2029 Hiram Clark, b. 1801; m. 1824, Eliza Wetherell; d. at Spring-
field, Mass.
2030 Rufus Clark, b. 1805 ; m. 1827, Abigail Searle.
2031 Lewis F. Clark, b. 1812; m. 1843, Nancy E. Sheldon; d. at
Whitinsville, Mass.
2032 Sophronia Clark, b. 1816; m. Clark Bridgeman of Northampton;
d. at Westhampton.
2033 Cynthia Clark, b. 1822; m. Gilbert Bascom; d. at Southampton.
Children of Joel and Tirzey Clapp, (2020):
2034 Rufus Clapp, b. 1800; d. 1803.
2035 Hannah Clapp, b. 1803 ; m. Atwater Street ; she d. April 12, 1834.
2036 Eliza Clapp, b. 1806 ; m. 1826, Julius Boyd ; she d. Dec. 18, 1870.
2037 Rufus Trowbridge Clapp, b. 1813; d. 1813.
2038 Joel Taylor Clapp, b. 1814; m. Diantha M. Coe; d. 1880.
2039 Tirzah Maria Clapp, b. 1820; d. 1843.
Children of Susanna and Thomas Rowley, (202^):
2040 Infant Rowley, b. and d. 1807.
2041 Erastus Hale Rowley, b. Jan. 8, 1809 ; m. 1833, Charlotte Taylor.
2042 RuFus Clapp Rowley, b. Sept. 11, 1811; m. 1832, Clarissa Streeter.
2043 Thomas Judson Rowley, b. Dec. 2, 1812; m. Laura Clark; he
d. 1888.
2044 Spencer Allen Rowley, b. 1816; d. Dec. 13, 1864.
Children of Chester and Jerusha Clapp, (2026):
2045 Mercy Ann Clapp, m. William Delaney; she d. 1872.
2046 Dorcas H. Clapp, m. Morris Wolcott; he d. 1872; she d. 1874.
2047 Charles Levis Clapp, m. Dorcas Burt; he d. 1866, in South-
ampton.
2048 Eunice Octavia Clapp, b. Dec. 18, 1823; m. Harvey Dada, who
d. 1861 ; she d. 1894 in Easthampton.
2049 Charity Lyman Clapp, m. 1849, Matthew Delaney.
2050 Susan Clapp, m. Albert D. Searl.
626 JACOB POMEROY, (Elisha, Eldad, Caleb, Eltweed), b. Dec.
13, 1751, Southampton; m. Dec. 30, 1778, Thankful Pomeroy, dau.
of Caleb and Thankful Phelps Pomeroy, b. 1747, d. Oct. 9, 1835.
He was a soldier of the Revolution, marching with Capt. Lemuel
Pomeroy's company in response to the alarm of April 1, 1775;
also, with Capt. Abner Pomeroy's company April 28, 1775 ; on
Aug. 17, 1777, he joined Capt. Elijah Clapp's company; also, Sept.
20, 1777, he again enlisted with Capt. Lemuel Pomeroy, each
time being credited to Southampton. He d, Oct. 1, 1842.
6th gen. Children, b. in Southampton:
2051 Elisha Pomeroy, b. Sept. 23, 1780. +
2052 Jacob Pomeroy, b. and d. 1781.
2053 Jacob Pomeroy, b. 1783.
2054 Thankful Pomeroy, b. 1784. +
627 ISAAC POMEROY, (Elisha, Eldad, Caleb, Eltweed), b. Aug.
14, 1753, Southampton; m. Jan. 18, 1781, Deborah Torrey, b. Jan.
16, 1757, d. 1802, dau. of Joseph Torrev and Silence French; he
m.^ (2) 1803, Irene Parks, b. Feb. 15^, 1763, d. 1836, dau. of
Elisha Bascom and Lucy Sheldon, (widow of Nathan Parks). He
was a soldier of the Revolution, joining from Southampton, June
22, 1780, Captain Lemuel Pomeroy's company; also, July 23, 1780,
Capt. Ebenezer Sheldon's company; one of his enlistments is
credited to Hampshire county. May 10, 1777, with Capt. Solomon
Waite. He was a surveyor and farmer; d. Dec. 25, 1836.
6th gen. Children, by 1st wife, b. Southampton:
2055 Isaac Pomeroy, b. Nov. 4, 1781. +
2056 Luther Pomeroy, b. Feb. 15, 1783. +
2057 Rev. Rufus Pomeroy, b. Aug. 17, 1784. +
2058 Deborah Pomeroy, b. July 24, 1786; m. March 13, 1804, Rufus
Trowbridge of Buckland (his second wife), b. March 27, 1778, d.
Sept. 13, 1863; she d. Sept. 22, 1876; s. p.
2059 Oliver Pomeroy, b. June 22, 1789 ; d. July 22, 1803.
2060 Moses Pomeroy, b. Oct 23, 1790; d. March 26, 1791.
2061 Moses Pomeroy, b. Oct. 22, 1791. +
2062 Angolus Pomeroy, b. Jan. 13, 1796. +
Child by 2d wife:
2063 Oliver Pomeroy, b. 1805 ; d. Jan. 18, 1810.
830 HULDAH POMEROY, {Elisha, Eldad, Caleb, Eltzveed), b. June
16, 1759, Southampton; m. (1) Dec. 20, 1778, Giles Clark, b. 1756,
son of Jonathan Clark and Freedom Edwards; m. (2) 1808,
Oliver Clark, son of Elisha Clark and Hannah Bartlett; settled
in Northampton.
6th gen. Children by ist marriage:
2064 HuLDAH Clark, b. 1780. 2066 Eleanor Clark, b. 1783.
2065 Freedom Clark, b, 1781. 2067 Louisa Clark, b. 1785.
2068 Thankful Clark, b. 1787; m. Jan. 21, 1808, Oliver Pomeroy
Burt of Southampton, d. Jan. 17, 1864, son of Dea. Samuel Burt
and Charity Pomeroy, his wife. +
2069 Rev. Abner Pomeroy Clark, b. about 1790; graduated from Yale
College, 1825; studied divinity at Auburn, N. Y. ; m. May, 1827,
Armenia Bascom, dau. of King Bascom and Mercy Clark. He
was licensed to preach by Cayuga Presbytery, Jan., 1827; pastor-
ates in Preble, Augusta, and Ludlowville N. Y. ; evangelist in
Norwich, Chester, Blandford, and other towns.
yth gen. Children of Thankful and Oliver P. Burt, (2068):
2070 Lucetta Burt, b. 1808; m. 1831, Samuel Lyman.
2071 Thankful Burt, bp. 1810; m.
2072 Saul Clark Burt, b. 1815; d. young.
2073 Saul Clark Burt, b. 1820; m. 1841, Lucy A. B. Kingsley; moved
to Ohio.
2074 Electa Almira Burt, b. 1823.
2075 Doris Richards Burt, b. 1825; m. 1846, Charles Louis Qapp.
2076 Jairus Newton Burt, b. 1828.
2077 Charity Sophia Burt, b. 1831; m. 1853, David S. Adams; m.
(2) Dr. Pike.
631 ASAHEL POMEROY, {Elisha, Eldad, Caleb, Eltzveed), b. Dec.
13, 1761, Southampton; m. July 17, 1787, Demaris Sprague, b.
1763, d. May 13, 1834; he d. May 5, 1844. Farmer at South-
ampton, Mass.
6th gen. Children:
2078 Mercy Pomeroy, b. July 5, 1788; d. in 1809.
2079 Abigail Pomeroy, b. Oct. 22, 1790; d. in 1808.
2080 Damaris Pomeroy, b. May 10, 1793. +
2081 AsAHEL Pomeroy, b. Oct. 29, 1794. +
2082 Capt. Aretas Pomeroy, b. Nov. 22, 1796. +
634 JOSEPH POMEROY, (Joseph, Eldad, Caleb,, Eltweed), b.
1744, in Southampton; m. Dec. 27, 1777, Isabel Clark, dau. of
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Selah Clark and Eunice Wright of Southampton. Soldier of the
Revolution, joining Capt. Elijah Clapp's company Aug. 17, 1777;
also, Capt. Lemuel Pomeroy's company, Sept. 20, 1777.
6th gen. Children:
2083 Lucy Pomeroy, b. March 11, 1780; d. June 6, 1794.
2084 Joseph Pomeroy, b. Sept. 4, 1782; d. Nov. 10, 1782.
2085 Beulah Pomeroy, b. Oct. 25, 1784. >
2086 Joseph Pomeroy, b. Dec. 30, 1786. +
2087 Barney Pomeroy, b. March 23, 1787. +
2088 Barnice Pomeroy, b. March 23, 1787, (twin with Barney) ; m.
Joseph Abbott.
2089 Isabel Pomeroy, b. 1790; m. in 1818, Adolphus Sheldon; she d.
in 1842.
2090 Abner Pomeroy, b. 1795. +
2091 Clark Pomeroy, b. 1797. +
2092 Chester Pomeroy, b. 1800. +
2093 Calvin Pomeroy, b. 1806. +
2094 Am ASA Pomeroy.
636 LUCY POMEROY, (Joseph, Eldad, Caleb, Eltweed), b. 1749,
in Southampton; m. June 13, 1770, David Clapp of Easthampton, b.
Sept. 9, 1750, son of Aaron Clapp and Jemima Bartlett; she d. July
20, 1771, Easthampton, Mass. He was killed in the war of the
Revolution.
6th gen. Child:
2094.1 Pomeroy Clapp, b. 1771.
637 AMASA POMEROY, (Joseph, Eldad, Caleb, Eltweed), b. 1756,
in Southampton ; m. June, 1779, Martha Miller of Brinsfield, Mass. ;
he d. March 17, 1827.
6th gen. Children:
2095 Roxy Pomeroy, b. June 11, 1780.
2096 Abigail Pomeroy, b. Feb. 29, 1782.
2097 Martha Pomeroy, b. March 12, 1784.
2098 Nice Pomeroy, b. April 30, 1786; d. May 27, 1789.
2099 Asa Pomeroy, b. April 7, 1788.
2100 JosiAH Smith Pomeroy, b. Sept. 26, 1791.
2101 Eunice Miller PoxMeroy, b. May 27, 1797. +
690 RICHARD POMEROY, (Joseph, Joseph, Joseph, Eltweed), b.
Oct. 9, 1771; m. April 23, 1801, Joanna York, b. June 24, 1780,
d. Aug. 28, 1841; he d. Sept. 11, 1839.
6th gen. Children:
2102 William York Pomeroy, b. May 27, 1802; d. July 27, 1802.
2103 Nathaniel Leach Pomeroy, b. Aug. 30, 1803; d. Jan. 9, 1828.
2104 Frederick Augustus Pomeroy, b. Jan. 8, 1806. +
2105 Alexander Pomeroy, b. Feb. 1, 1808. +
2106 Ira Pomeroy, b. March 25, 1812; d. May 13, 1812.
2107 Joanna York Pomeroy, b. Nov. 17, 1813; m. Sept, 17, 1832,
George W. Davis; s. p.
2108 Olive Pomeroy, b. May 3, 1816; d. June 1, 1816.
2109 Ebenezer York Pomeroy, b. July 22, 1817. 4-
2110 Martha Woodbury Pomeroy, b. June 4, 1820. +
693 CHARLES POMEROY, (Noah, Noah, Joseph, Eltzveed), b.
April 22, 1749; m. Temperance Watrous of Chester; he was a
Sergeant in the Revolutionary war, and was at the siege of Bos-
ton, in the regiment of Col. Charles Webb; enlisted July 8, 1775.
He resided in Colchester, going thence to Saybrook, where he en-
gaged in business as a merchant; he d. in 1785; she m. (2) in
1791. His brothers adopted his first three children into their
homes, but Noah, who was a posthumous child, remained with
his mother at Meriden, Conn., until he was ten years old.
6th gen. Children:
2111 Charles Pomeroy, b. about 1774. +
2112 Watrous Pomeroy, b. Nov. 6, 1776. +
2113 ViNCEY Pomeroy.
2114 Noah Pomeroy, b. March 1, 1786, Saybrook. +
696 REV. NOAH POMEROY, {Noah, Noah, Joseph, Eltweed), b.
Aug. 18, 1754; m. Jan. 12, 1780, Rhoda Welles, b. 1755, d. Oct.
29, 1811. ,
6th gen. Child:
2115 Noah Pomeroy, b. Dec. 2, 1793. +
697 LOUISA POMEROY, {Noah, Noah, Joseph, Eltweed), b. Sept.
3, 1761; m. Sept. 29, 1782, John Thatcher Otis, b. Oct. 31, 1758,
d. Sept. 1842; she d. in 1840, both deaths occurring at Colchester,
Conn. During the war of the Revolution he joined the American
army at Cambridge, was present at Concord March 4, and helped
to capture Dorchester Heights in the company of Capt. Amos
Jones; he joined the patriotic army again for the Saratoga cam-
paign, and was in the engagement at Stillwater; also, at the sur-
render of Burgoyne.
6th gen. Children:
2116 Sarah Otis, b. May 9, 1784; m. Dr. Simeon Marcy of Ames,
N. Y.
2117 John Thatcher Otis, b. Aug. 4, 1786; m. Lucy Tucker Dart.
2118 Louisa Otis, b. Tune 27, 17&; m. Dennison Smith.
2119 Eunice Otis, b. "March 30, 1794; d. Dec. 30, 1814.
2120 Dorothy Otis, b. Aug. 13, 1798; m. Noah W. Bridges of Col-
chester, Conn.
2121 Charles Pomeroy Otis, b. April 22, 1799; Yale, 1829, A. M.;
teacher; principal of Bacon College ten years; "a man of great
worth"; m. Elizabeth Sweetland; he d. Jan. 7, 1857. +
2122 Rev. Israel Tainter Otis, b. July 3, 1805; Williams College,
1828; Andover Seminary, 1834; m. Sept. 12, 1838, Olive Morgan
Osgood, b. March 4, 1810, Lebanon, Conn., dau. of Erastus Os-
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good and Martha Morgan, d. Oct. 6, 1906. He was pastor of
church in Lebanon. In 1844 he was called to Rye, N. H. He d.
May 30, 1889, at Exeter, N. H. +
yth gen. Child of Charles P. and Elisabeth Otis, (2121):
2123 Mary P. Otis, b. about 1837 ; d. Feb. 22, 1893, Brooklyn, N. Y.
Children of Rev. Israel T. and Olive Otis, (2122):
2124 Charles Pomeroy Otis, b. April 8, 1840, Lebanon, Conn. ; grad-
uated from Yale College. After graduation he was for nearly a
year principal of an academy in Fairfield, Vt., and then became
a teacher in Gen. Russell's school in New Haven, where he re-
mained until he entered on a tutorship (Latin) in the college, in
Jan., 1865. In July, 1869, he resigned this office, and spent the
next three years in Europe, chiefly in study in Paris and Berlin.
He then studied an additional year at Yale for the completion of
his course for the Doctorate of Philosophy, which he obtained in
1873. In the same summer he was appointed to the professorship
of modem languages in the Massachusetts Institute of Technology,
which he occupied until his death. He published a Grammar of
Elementary German, which passed through several editions; and
edited for the use of his classes a number of German texts. He
was peculiarly strong in his friendships, and in his loyalty to every
call of duty and affection. — Obit. Record, Yale College. He m.
June 11, 1884, Sarah Margaret Noyes, b. Aug. 11, 1858, Evanston,
111., dau. o'f'Henry Noyes and Harriet Newell Verbeck; he d. Nov.
17, 1888, Boston. Prof. Mass. Col. Tech. Res., Boston. +
2125 Martha Morgan Otis, b. Oct. 17, 1841, Lebanon, Ct.; m. R. F.
Pennell.
2126 John Thatcher Otis, b. Dec. 3, 1843, Lebanon; d. May 5, 1848,
Rye, N. H.
2127 Caroline B. Otis, b. May 15, 1846, Lebanon; d. Oct. 2, 1892,
Exeter, N. H.
2128 Edward Osgood Otis, b. Oct. 29, 1848, Rye, N. H. ; Harvard, A.
B., M. D.; m. June 6, 1894, Marion Faxon, b. Nov. 22, 1866,
Boston, dau. of William Faxon and Henrietta Cross. Physician.
Res., Boston. +
2129 Ella Coit Otis, b. March 26, 1851, Exeter, N. H.; d. there Dec.
7, 1879.
8th gen. Children of Charles P. and Sarah M. Otis, (2124):
2130 Charles Pomeroy Otis, Jr., b. Dec. 24, 1885, Boston.
2131 Henry Noyes Otis, b. Dec. 12, 1887, Boston.
Children of Edward O. and Marion Otis, b. at Boston, (2128):
2132 Olive Otis, b. May 5, 1895.
2133 John Faxon Otis, b. Jan. 29, 1898.
2134 Edward Osgood Otis, Jr., b. Aug. 16, 1899.
2135 William Faxon Otis, b. Oct. 12, 1903.
2136 Brooks Faxon Otis, b. June 10, 1908.
698 DANIEL POMEROY, (Daniel, Noah, Joseph, Eltweed), b. Aug.
3, 1750, Lebanon, Conn.; he bought land in Coventry in 1776; m.
April 14, 1772, Eunice Grant, b. April 5, 1754, Tolland, Conn.,
dau. of Ephraim Grant and Esther Parker; he d. Jan. 19, 1777;
she m. (2) Benjamin Risley. Residence, Coventry, Conn. After
her second marriage the family moved to ^liddlebury, Vt., and
settled on a 200-acre grant. Mr. Risley was Moderator of the
first town meeting, about 1784, and later held other town offices,
and both were members of the first church organized in Middle-
bury. He responded to the Lexington alarm, and was under arms
on that- service sixteen days. He is credited to Coventry as a
soldier of the Revolution, private in Captain Clark's company,
Third battalion, Wadsworth's brigade, raised in June, 1776, to
reinforce Gen. Washington at New York; service in New York
City and Long Island. His company was caught in the British
retreat from New York City and suffered some loss, Sept. 15,
1776; he was also engaged at White Plains, Oct. 28, 1776. The
regiment was commanded by Col. Comfort Sage. His enlistment
expired Dec. 25, 1776.
6th gen. Children:
2137 Esther Pomeroy, b. Jan. 7, 1773, Coventry ; d. Dec. 7, 1775.
2138 Eunice Grant Pomeroy, b. March 2, 1775, Coventry, Conn. +
2139 Daniel Sterling Pomeroy, b. Dec. 31, 1776; d. Oct. 5, 1778.
699 HON. ELEAZER POMEROY, {Daniel, Noah, Joseph Eltweed),
b. Oct. 24, 1752; m. Dec. 17, 1772, Svbil Kingsbury (sister of
Prof. Olmsted's mother), b. March 9, 1752, d. May 1, 1785; m.
(2) Nov. 25, 1785, Priscilla Kingsbury (cousin of his first wife),
b. in Coventry, Conn., Jan. 21, 1756, d. March 9, 1841 ; he d.
June 16, 1811.
6th gen. Children, b. in Coventry, by ist wife:
2140 Clarissa Pomeroy, b. Dec. 19, 1773. +
2141 Sybil Kingsbury Pomeroy, b. and d. Nov. 2, 1775.
2142 Eleazer Pomeroy, b. Oct. 4, 1776. +
2143 Wealthy Pomeroy, b. Oct. 14, 1778. +
2144 Daniel Sterling Pomeroy, b. Feb. 18, 1781. +
2145 Eudocia Pomeroy, b. Jan. 10, 1783. +
Children by 2d wife:
2146 Mary (Polly) Pomeroy, b. April 13, 1787. +
2147 Sybil Pomeroy, b. March 2, 1789. +
2148 Col. Isaac Newton Pomeroy, b. March 4, 1791. +
2149 Martin Ebenezer Pomeroy, b. Jan. 17, 1794. +
2150 Eliza (Betsey) Pomeroy, b. March 22, 1796. +
2151 Chauncey Pomeroy, b. Dec. 8, 1800. +
700 ELIZABETH POLAN POMEROY, {Daniel, Noah, Joseph, Elt-
weed), b. May 10, 1755, in Lebanon, Conn.; m. (1) Nov. 17, 1771,
Timothy Rose, who d. July 26, 1794, at Exeter, N. Y. ; she m.
(2) Jehiel K. Daly; resided in Coventry until 1794, when they
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moved to Herkimer, N. Y., thence to Exeter, Otsego county, N.
Y., where she d. May 29, 1840, and was buried in Round Garden
cemeter}- on the Tunicliff farm, across the road from the spot
where her husband was laid. Tradition asserts that Timothy
Rose and EUzabeth Pomeroy were the handsomest couple that ever
entered the church where they were married. She was a gentlewoman
of unusual energy and vitality, and it is related that when she was
visited by her son Daniel Pomeroy Rose, Sr., and grand-daughter
Elizabeth, as the various visits were made by them arnong the
other sons and daughters, part of the time she would ride in a
comfortable conveyance with one party, and again she would ride
on horseback that she might better visit with another son, and
thus complete a journey of many miles, although she was more
than eighty-two years of age. Her pioneer life caused her to dis-
approve of plastered walls, she deeming them too unhealthy for her
own rooms. The pewter upon her ample chimney shelf was al-
ways the brightest, and her spirits and love were in accord, as
she held the loving interest and care of her children to the close
of her long and useful life.
6th gen. Children by ist marriage, b. Coventry, except last two:
2152 Abigail Pomeroy Rose, b. Feb. 18, 1772, b. Coventry, Conn.; m.
Josiah Talcott. Lived in Vermont. +
2153 Ariel Rose, b. Dec. 21, 1773; m. Deborah Tilley; he d. March
21 1858 "I"
2154 Barbary Rose, b. April 19, 1776; d. Sept., 1777.
2155 Barbary Rose, b. March 23, 1778; m. Oct. 25, 1795, Robert Pat-
ten, b. Sept. 20, 1768, at Holland, d. Aug. 19, 1826; she d. Nov.
18, 1854, at Verona, N. Y. +
2156 Josiah Rose, b. Feb. 22, 1780; m. Julia Hopkins; he d. Aug. 5,
1859. +
2157 Jehiel Rose, b. April 10, 1782; m. (1) Deidema Maples; m. (2)
Lavina Sanford; he d. Feb. 5, 1856. +
2158 Daniel Pomeroy Rose, Sr., b. Aug. 6, 1784, Coventry, Conn.; m.
Dec. 20, 1808, at Bolton, Vt., Johannah Webster, b. Dec. 3, 1781,
Newbury, Vt., d. Feb. 18, 1874, dau. of Rev. Samuel Webster
and wife Elizabeth Pillsbury; he d. March 21, 1858; both were
buried in Hill Crest Cemetery, Parishville, N. Y. Daniel Pom-
eroy Rose and his wife first settled near Holmes Hill, in the town
of Stockholm, St. Lawrence Co., N. Y. ; they were recalled to
Bolton, Vt., for a short time but returned to New York and
settled on a farm, since known as the Rose Homestead, at Parish-
ville, St. Lawrence Co., where they resided for fifty-five years,-
and which is now owned by one of their grand-daughters, Mrs.
Royal Rouse Doud. Mr. Rose held the office of assessor of his
town for many years; his good qualities endeared him to all who
enjoyed his acquaintance. +
2159 Epaphras Rose, b. June 18, 1786; d. May 15, 1796.
2160 Oren Rose, b. June 8, 1788; m. Abigail Morgan; he d. Feb. 13,
1845. +
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2161 Alfred Rose^ b. June 15, 1790: d. in infancy.
2162 Alfred Rose, b. July 12, 1792; d. Aug. 1, 1793.
2163 Elizabeth Rose, b. June 24, 1794; d. in infancy at Herkimer,
N. Y.
2164 Catherine Elizabeth Rose, b. Nov. 18, 1795; m. Lee Robinson;
d. Herkimer, N. Y. +
yth gen. Children of Abigail and Josiah Talcott, (2152):
2152.1 Gurley Talcott. 2152.3 Timothy Talcott.
2152.2 Electa Talcott. 2152.4 Eliza Talcott.
Children of Ariel and Deborah Rose, (215^):
2153.1 Timothy Rose. 2153.7 Abigail Rose.
2153.2 John Rose. 2153.8 Edward Rose.
2153.3 Joseph Rose. 2153.9 Lee Rose.
2153.4 Elizabeth Rose. 2153.10 Julia Rose.
2153.5 Jehiel Rose. 2153.11 Amanda Rose.
2153.6 Alfred Rose.
Children of Barbary and Robert Patten, (2155):
2165 Alfred Patten, b. Aug. 23, 1796, Manheim, N. Y. ; m. Nov. 7,
1822, Ann Benedict, b. April 20, 1802, Danbury, Conn., d. Sept.
5, 1875, dau. of John Starr Benedict and wife Martha Stebbins;
military service in the war of 1812; d. June 6, 1873. Res., Ver-
ona, N. Y.
2166 Robert Patten. 2168 Daughter Patten.
2167 Adelbert Patten.
Children of Josiah and Julia Rose, (2156):
2156.1 Alma Rose. 2156.4 Norman Rose.
2156.2 Maria Rose. 2156.5 Martin Rose.
2156.3 Deloss Rose. 2156.6 Alvira Rose,
Children by Jehiel and Deidema Rose, (21^'/):
2157.1 Pomeroy Rose. 2157.5 Elizabeth Rose.
2157.2 Fanny Rose. 2157.6 Daniel Pomeroy Rose.
2157.3 Electa Rose. 2157.7 Jehiel Rose.
2157.4 Catherine Rose.
Children of Jehiel and (2d wife) Laz'ina Rose, (21^/) :
2157.8 Ezra Rose. 2157.13 Amanda M. Rose.
2157.9 Diedama Rose; d. young. 2157.14 Lucius K. Rose.
2157.10 Rodney T. Rose. 2157.15 Eliza T. Rose.
2157.11 Mary D. Rose. 2157.16 Cornelia Rose.
2157.12 Laura S. Rose. 2157.17 Sarah Rose.
Children of Daniel P. and Johannah Rose, (2158):
2158.1 Hon. Daniel Pomeroy Rose, Jr., b. Oct. 27, 1809, Stockholm,
N. Y.; m. (1) Feb. 13, 1834, Henrietta Tichenor, b. Parishville,
N. Y., d. Feb., 1855; he m. (2) June 9, 1855, Sarah Hammill, b.
Aug. 5, 1831, Helena, N. Y., d. Oct. 20, 1866; he m. (3) March
27, 1867, Laura Kingsbury (widow of Mr. Fitch), b. June 7,
1831; he d. March 15, 1891. Farmer. He was the first Republi-
can elected from his vicinity, in 1856, to represent his district in
2Z5 iFtftlj ^pttrralton - 3o3rplT
the State Legislature. The urgent request of his constituency to
return for a second term was of no avail. He twice served as
supervisor of his town. Res., Stockholm, N. Y. +
2158.2 Parker \\'ebster Rose, b. March 29, 1812. Stockholm, N. Y. ; m.
(1) Nov. 2, 1837, C}Tithia Putnam, d. 1852; he m. (2) April 19,
1853, Juliana Beecher, d. Aug., 1877; m. (3) April 16, 1879, Cyn-
thia Mitchel, d. May, 1909; he d. May 20, 1897; s. p. Farmer
and manufacturer. In 1852 he was elected assemblyman by the
Democrats, and in 1853 was chairman of committee on Internal
Affairs; also, chairman of the Democratic caucus. In 1872, he was
returned to the Assembly under Republican auspices, having joined
that party at its formation, 1854. During his last term ]Mr. Rose
was chairman of the committee on grievances, and the sub-com-
mittee of the whole house, and a member of the committee on
Federal Relations. Again, in the fall of 1872 he was elected and
was again chairman of the committee of the whole and a mem-
ber of the sub-committee on expenditures of the executive de-
partment.
2158.3 JEHIEL Rose, b. Nov. 10, 1815, Stockholm. N. Y.; m. (1) Sept.
22, 1841, Elizabeth Storm; m. (2) Feb., 1868. Isabell Walden; he
d. Jan. 27, 1876, Shelbyville, 111. Farmer. He was elected Judge
of the County Court of Shelby Co.. 111., and acquitted himself
with ability and credit. At his death his parting words to his
children were : "I would not give a good name for all the riches of
the world. Whatever you do strive to be honest and leave an
honest name."
2158.4 Barbary Rose, b. Sept. 2, 1819, Parishville, N. Y. ; m. Jan. 2, 1848,
Luther Priest, b. March 31, 1821, Parishville. N. Y., d. March 14,
1863, son of Frank Priest and wife Marv Wood; she d. March
27, 1849, Springfield, 111.
2158.5 Elizabeth Rose, b. Jan. 19, 1824, Parishville, N. Y.; d. Nov. 27,
1824, Parishville, N. Y.
2158.6 Elizabeth Fannie Rose, b. Dec. 6, 1826. Parishville, N. Y. ; m.
Jan. 21, 1852, Luther Priest, b. March 31, 1821, Parishville, d.
March 14," 1863, son of Frank Priest and wife Mary Wood; she
d. July 6, 1896. Luther Priest was in military service in the
Civil War as Captain of Co. E, 106th N. Y. Vol. Inf., dying in
the service, leaving to his wife the responsibility of rearing and
educating their three little girls, and the management of the busi-
ness affairs of her husband. She secured for her daughters the
patrimony that the troublesome times coincident with the Civil
War had prevented the father from leaving unincumbered; and
her children rise up and call her blessed. +
Children of Oren and Abigail Rose, (2160):
2160.1 James Rose. 2160.4 Oren Rose.
2160.2 Pomeroy Rose. 2160.5 Triphena Rose.
2160.3 Almira Rose.
Children of Catherine E. and Lee Robinson, (2164):
2164.1 Orin Robinson. 2164.5 Pomeroy Robinson.
2164.2 Barbary Robinson. 2164.6 Nye Robinson.
2164.3 Reuben Robinson. 2164.7 Alfred Robinson.
2164.4 James Robinson. 2164.8 Carlos Robinson.
8th gen. Children of Alfred and Ann Patten, (2165):
2166 Lafayette Patten, b. Dec. 7, 1823, Richfield Springs, N. Y. ; m.
May 23, 1854, Mary Cowlam Hays, b. April 23, 1833, Savannah,
Ga., dau. of Stephen Savre Havs and Emily Virginia Wolten-
holme; he d. Oct. 24, 1903.
2167 Robert Patten, b. Feb. 2, 1826, at New York City; unm.; d. in
California.
2168 Delford Patten, b. Jan. 21, 1828, at Verona, N. Y.; m. Char-
lotte ; d. at Verona.
2168.1 Barbary Ann Patten, b. May 5, 1837, at Verona, N. Y. ; unm.;
d. March 28, 1875, at Verona, N. Y.
Children of Elicabefh F. and Luther Priest, (2158.6):
2169 Lucy Mariah Priest, b. Nov. 18, 1852, Potsdam, N. Y.; d. Nov.
18, 1852.
2169.1 Adeline Barbary Priest, b. Dec. 27, 1854, Potsdam; m. Nov.
19, 1879, Edgar Allan Newell, b. May 14, 1853, Ogdensburg, N.
Y., son of William A. Newell and wife Sarah A. Miller. Mr.
Edgar A. Newell is president of the Edgar A. Newell Co., (in-
corporated) ; he is also president of the Newell Manufacturing Co.,
which operates two factories, one in Ogdensburg, N. Y., the other
in Prescott, Canada. He founded the Ogdensburg Loan and Sav-
ings Association, and is president of that institution, and has been
for years president of the Chamber of Commerce, director in the
National Bank of Ogdensburg; director in the Loan and Improve-
ment Association of Buffalo, N. Y. He has served the city four
terms as mayor. In 1909 Gov. Charles E. Hughes appointed him
a member of the New York State Commission of Prisons, and
reappointed him for a second term. He is at present (1911)
president of the Northern New York Development League, and
is a leader and hearty supporter of every eft'ort to advance the
industrial and commercial importance of Ogdensburg. In politics
he is a Republican; in religion a regular attendant and supporter
of the Baptist Church. Mrs. Adeline Priest Newell was a classical
graduate of Potsdam Normal School, class of 1876; she is a
member of the Baptist Church; charter member of the first Uni-
versity Extension Club of Ogdensburg; also, of the United Helpers*
Home for the Orphaned and Aged; she is also, by appointment of
the city, a trustee of the public library. +
2169.2 Elizabeth Cynthia Priest, b. Dec. 6, 1858, Potsdam, N. Y.; d.
there Aug. 29, 1877.
2169.3 Lucy Rose Priest, b. June 1, 1861, Potsdam, N. Y. ; m. June 26,
1890, Freeman Harlow Allen, A.M., Ph.D., b. Oct. 22, 1862,
Copenhagen, N. Y., son of Ebenezer Allen, M.D., and wife Susa^n
Stanton. Teacher in State Normal School, Potsdam, N. Y., 1885-
27Z 3FtftIj ^^tiFrattnn - 3oBP|ilt
1909; Professor of History and Political Science in Colgate Uni-
versity, Hamilton, N. Y. Res., Hamilton, N. Y. +
pth gen. Children of Adeline B. and Edgar A. Newell, (2i6p.i):
2169 A Albert Priest Newell, b. Jan. 3, 1882, Potsdam, N. Y. ; gr. Wil-
liams College, 1905; entered Columbia Law School; admitted to
the bar in New York and Missouri-. Lawyer at Kansas City,
Mo.; unm.
2169.5 William Allen Newell, b. April 22, 1883, Ogdensburg, N. Y.;
gr. Williams College, 1905, A.B. ; active in athletics, holding both
college and national records for running. Treasurer and general
manager of the Newell Manufacturing Co. Res., Ogdensburg;
tinm.
Children of Lucy R. and Freeman H. Allen, (2i6p.^):
2169.6 Barbary Allen, b. and d. July 20, 1891, Potsdam, N. Y.
2169.7 Elizabeth Rose Allen, b. Jan. 18, 1895; d. Aug. 20, 1895,
Potsdam.
2170 Newell Priest Allen, b. June U, 1901, Potsdam, N. Y.
706 ESTHER POMEROY, (John, Noah, Joseph, Eltweed), b. March
21, 1763; m. March 2, 1783, Peter Kibbe, Jr., b. Aug. 23, 1758,
son of Peter Kibbe of Somers, Conn. Resided in Somers.
6th gen. Children:
2171 Noah Kibbe. 2175 Elois Kibbe.
2172 Esther Kibbe. 2176 Clara Kibbe.
2173 Norman Kibbe. 2177 Wealthy Kibbe.
2174 Amos Kibbe.
2178 Asa Kibbe, b. 1791, Somers, Conn.; m. Lucinda Root.
707 JOHN POMEROY, {John, Noah, Joseph, Eltweed), b. May 1,
1764, Somers, Conn.; m. (1) April 26, 1787, Mary Ann Snell,
who d. Nov. 19, 1789; m. (2) April 14, 1791, Sarah Parsons, dau.
of Aaron Parsons; she d. Nov. 13, 1801, at Hamilton, N. Y. ; m.
(3) March 31, 1802, Deborah Foster, dau. of Joseph. He moved
from Somers to Hamilton, Oneida county, N. Y., in 1799, where
he resided until a year before his death, which occurred at Lock-
port, N. Y., July 30, 1851.
6th gen. Child by ist wife:
2179 Daniel Pomeroy, b. July 2, 1789. +
Children by 2d wife:
2180 Jabez B. Pomeroy, b. Aug. 5, 1794. +
2181 John Pomeroy, b. Feb. 5, 1800; d. Feb., 1836.
Children by jd wife:
2182 Noah Pomeroy, b. Dec. 18, 1802. +
2183 Austin Pomeroy, b. Jan. 23, 1804; d. March, 1877, at Concord,
Mich.
2184 Sarah Pomeroy, b. Jan. 20, 1806. +
2185 Orphea Pomeroy, b. April 4, 1807. +
2186 Mary Ann Pomeroy, b. May 17, 1809. +
710 JUDE POMEROY, (John, Noah, Joseph, Elttueed), b. Aug. 20,
1769; m. 1793, Mary Root, b. 1771; at the time of her death,
Sept ' 25, 1862, she had made her home with her son Jude ; he d.
Oct. 16, 1852.
6th gen. Children:
2187 OziAii PoMEROY, b. Feb. 23, 1794 ; d. June 29, 1846.
2188 Mary Pomeroy, b. Aug. 1, 1796.
2189 Martin Pomeroy, b. Dec. 28. 1798. +
2190 Lois Pomeroy, b. Nov. 18, 1801 ; d. in 1804.
2191 Lois Pomeroy, b. Sept. 28, 1804.
2192 Jude Pomeroy, b. May 31, 1807. +
2193 John Pomeroy, b. Feb. 10, 1810. +
711 AZUBAH POMEROY, {John, Noah, Joseph, Eltweed), b. Aug.
20, 1769, (twin with Jude); m. Jan. 16, 1798, Eh Jones (his
second wife, having previously m. Abigail Pomeroy, dau. ot
Ralph), son of Benajah Jones and Experience Northam Of Heb-
ron, Conn., he served in the war of 1812; Azuba d. June 20, 1810,
Hinsdale, Mass.; he m. (3) Dec. 12, 1812, Zilpah Crocker, who
d. Feb. 3, 1814; he removed with his family to Chardon, Ohio, m
1820; d. about 1830.
6th gen. Children:
2194 Cornelius Jones, b. May 20, 1800, Hinsdale; m. Aug. 3, 1829,
Orrilla Jones, dau. of Elijah Jones; he was a Methodist minister;
d. Aug. 27, 1835, Hinsdale.
2195 Hiram Pomeroy Jones, b. June 20, 1802; d. Oct 8, 1803, Somers,
Conn. . J...
2196 Julius Jones, b. Nov. 11, 1803; m. March 20, 1835, Elvira Wil-
cox. +
2197 AzuBAH Jones, b. July 19, 1805; d. Aug. 29, 1812.
2198 Daughter, b. and d. 1807. 2200 Son, b. and d. June 7, 1810.
2199 Son, b. and d. July 2, 1809.
jth gen. Children of Julius and Elvira Jones, (2196):
2201 Almond Jones.
2201.1 Orrilla Jones.
713 HIRAM POMEROY, {John, Noah, Joseph, Eltweed), b. Nov. 1,
1773, at Somers; m. July 10, 1796, Ruby Parsons, b. 1775, d. Feb.
11, 1852, dau. of Aaron Parsons and Mary Fisk. He was a far-
mer, distiller (at that time a business of more respectability than
at present), and barrel manufacturer. He was an officer of both
town and church, and for years enjoyed the distinction of own-
ing the only pleasure vehicle in the town, a buck-board, which was
in great demand for wedding journeys, etc. Residence, Somers,
Conn., where he d. Oct. 27, 1841.
6th gen. Children:
2202 Hiram Sterling Pomeroy, b. Feb. 1, 1797. +
2203 Oren Pomeroy, b. Feb. 17, 1799. +
2204 Warren Pomeroy, b. 1801. +
^m
2205 Ruby Pomeroy, b. Feb. 1, 1803; d. unm.
2206 Chester Pomeroy, b. 1805. +
2207 Harriet Pomeroy, b. 1807. +
2208 George Pomeroy, d. in infancy.
2209 Laura Pomeroy, b. 1811. +
2210 Chauncey Pomeroy, b. Nov. 27, 1813. +
2211 Mary Pomeroy, b. May 12, 1815. +
2212 Daniel Burbank Pomeroy, b. June 8, 1817. +
2213 Noah Pomeroy, b. Dec. 29, 1819; m. June 13, 1843, Jane Parker
of Wolcott; s. p. He was a' manufacturer of clocks in Bristol,
Conn., for thirty-five years. Residence, Hartford, Conn.
2214 Miranda Pomeroy, b. Nov. 16, 1823. +
714 AMMITTAI POMEROY, (John, Noah, Joseph, Eltweed), b.
Sept. 17, 1776, Somers. Conn.; m. Dec. 9, 1803, Samuel Arnold,
b. April 14, 1780, Ludlow, Mass., d. July 19, 1845, son of Samuel
Arnold and Dorcas Hubbard (dau. of Deacon John Hubbard of
Ellington, Conn.) ; Samuel Arnold, Sr., was selectman of Ludlow,
and town clerk 1783-5, and 1788; Ammittai Pomeroy Arnold d.
Jan. 3, 1858.
6th gen. Children:
2215 Emmons Arnold; m. (1) ; + m. (2) Widow Skinner,
s. p. by her.
2216 Amanda Arnold; m. Henry Glover; s. p.
2217 Enos Arnold; m. (1) Miss Endicott; + m. (2) Miss Abbe of
Enfield, Conn.; m. (3) Mrs. Thompson of Somers.
2218 Maria Arnold; m. Robert Pease; d. at the birth of twins.
2219 Ansel Arnold, b. Aug. 8, 1814, Somers, Conn.; m. (1) April 26,
1842, Elizabeth Barrows; m, (2) Nov. 22, 1871, Maria Pitkin
Chapman, dau. of Horace Chapman (Parley, Jabez, Jabez, Jona-
than, Robert, Robert, Robert the settler) and Julia Ann Bartlett
Tiffany, (Nathaniel, Nathaniel, Nathaniel, Thomas, Humphrey the
original settler) ; he d. Aug. 6, 1899. He was for many years one
of the prominent men of Willimantic, Conn., and was elected to
the General Assembly twice; first President of the Willimantic
Board of Trade, and a director in numerous financial and indus-
trial institutions throughout Connecticut. +
Jth gen. Children of Emmons Arnold and ist wife, (2215):
2220 Emily Arnold. 2222 Jane Arnold.
2221 Theodore Arnold. 2223 Eva Arnold.
Children of Enos Arnold and ist wife, (221/):
2224 Emma Arnold. 2227 Ella Arnold.
2225 Ellen Arnold. 2228 C. Augustus Arnold.
2226 Albert Arnold,
Children of Ansel and Maria P. Arnold, (22ip):
2229 Judge William A. Arnold, b. May 5, 1874, Willimantic, Conn.;
m. May 22. 1901. Kate Warner Hutchinson, dau. of John Ira
Hutchinson and Cynthia Starkey; her father, John Ira Hutchin-
son, (Dr. Ira, John, Jonathan, Joseph, John, Ralph the original
f3TC
(grn^aUigg of tl|P Pnmrrng Jamtlg ZBB
settler), was for years prominent in Connecticut politics, having
been elected to the General Assembly several times from his home
town of Essex; sheriff of Middlesex County for twenty years;
also, U. S. Collector of Internal Revenue for the states of Con-
necticut and Rhode Island. Judge Arnold graduated from Yale
University in 1896, with the degree of B.A., and from the Yale ;
Law School, 1899; admitted to the bar in 1898; admitted also to
practice in United States Courts; Judge of the City Court of
Willimantic since 1901 ; member of the law firm of Clark & Ar-
nold, Hartford, Conn.; s. p.
2230 Louis Hor-\ce Arnold, b. Sept. 23, 1880, Willimantic, Conn.; m.
Oct. 6, 1908, Edith E. Collins of Quincy, III, dau. of William H.
Collins and Emily Cotton; s. p.
715 MARY (POLLY) POMEROY, (Joshua, Noah, Joseph, Elt-
weed), b. Nov. 15, 1760, at Somers, Conn.; m. June 28, 1781,
Amos Kellogg of Colchester, Conn., b. Aug. 5, 1758, d. April 14,
1814, son of Israel Kellogg and Abigail Northam; she d. Sept.
28, 1841, Colchester.
6th gen. Children, b. in Colchester, except Enos:
2231 Amos Kellogg, b. June 5, 1782; d. in the fall of 1820.
2232 Polly Kellogg, b. Feb. 2, 1784.
2233 Elam Kellogg, b. Dec. 30, 1786; m. Feb. 6, 1817, Lura Hall, b.
Sept. 6, 1789, Vernon, Conn., d. March 29, 1864, dau. of George
Hall and Lura Lathrop; he d. Oct. 21, 1871, Somers, Conn. Far-
mer and carpenter. +
2234 Abigail Kellogg, b. Feb. 26, 1791 ; d. Aug. 28, 1874.
2235 Israel Kellogg, b. Nov. 17, 1792; m. Jerusha Pease of Somers,
b. July 30. 1796, d. Aug. 26, 1872; he d. March 29, 1868. +
2236 Charles Kellogg, b. Jan. 14, 1795 ; m. May 28, 1817, Mary Olm-
stead, b. June, 1797, Enfield, Conn., d. Feb. 14, 1861, dau. of
Simeon Olmstead and Abigail Collins; he d. Oct. 14, 1880. +
2237 Enos Kellogg, b. Feb. 2, 1798, Somers, Conn.; m. Nov. 5, 1829,
Elizabeth Patton, b. Sept. 1, 1806, Stafford, Conn., dau. of Na-
thaniel Patton and Eunice Pomeroy, (Joshua), d. June 28, 1862;
he d. Feb. 25, 1879, Somers, Ct. +
"/th gen. Children of Elam and Laura Kellogg, b. Somers, (22$^)-
2238 Henry Kellogg, b. Nov. 9, 1817; d. Aug. 30, 1877.
2239 Elam Wells Kellogg, b. Dec. 30, 1820; d. Oct. 18, 1846.
2240 Eliza Kellogg, b. Oct. 17, 1823; d. Feb. 10, 1853.
2241 Laura Hall Kellogg, b. Nov. 20, 1829.
2242 Amos Sterling Kellogg, b. May 9, 1831.
Children of Israel and Jerusha Kellogg, b. West Springfield,
(2235):
2243 Delia Kellogg, b. March 6, 1820; d. Nov. 15, 1862.
2244 Maria Fuller Kellogg, b. April 8, 1822 ; d. Feb. 18, 1825.
2245 Giles Pease Kellogg, b. Nov. 15, 1823; d. May 27, 1892.
2246 Theodore Pitkin Kellogg, b. Jan. 5, 1827; d. July 27, 1908.
2247 Lorenzo Kellogg, b. Jan. 22, 1829.
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2248 Edwin Pomeroy Kellogg, b. Nov. 24, 1830; d. Oct. 19, 1902.
2249 Julius Augustus Kellogg, b. Oct. 7, 1834; d. Dec. 11, 1901.
2250 William Kellogg, b. March 23, 1837.
Children of Charles and Mary Kellogg, (22^6):
2251 Mariva Kellogg, b. March 2, 1818; d. young.
2252 Simeon Kellogg, b. Aug. 7, 1821 ; d. young.
2253 Simeon Olmstead Kellogg, b. Aug. 11, 1823, Greenwich, Mass.
2254 Mariva Kellogg, b. Dec. 31, 1829, Berlin, Ohio.
2255 Everton Judson Kellogg, b. May 19, 1832.
2256 Charles Kellogg, b. Dec. 11, 1835; d. March, 1847.
Children of Enos and Elizabeth Kellogg, b. Somers, Conn., -C
(2237): ^^ '^;^
2257 Charles H\tde Kellogg, b. June 9, 1831 ; d. Dec. 4, 1832. V ^
2258 May Elizabeth Kellogg, b. July 5, 1833. ^ ^
2259 Charles Otis Kellogg, b. Aug. 15, 1836. 4
2260 George Reynolds Kellogg, b. Oct. 11, 1838. / ^
716 ELIZABETH POMEROY, (Joshua, Noah, Joseph, Eltweed)^ h.
Sept. 19, 1763, Somers, Ct. ; m. Sept. 23, 1784, Joseph Root of .
Somers, Ct., b. 1753, d. Sept. 29, 1825, son of Timothy Root--"^
(Timothy, Thomas, John, John of Badby, Northamptonshire, Eng-
land) and wife Jemima Wood. Military service, four years in
the Revolution, joining first from Roxbury. He was present at
the battle of Bunker Hill (Breed's Hill) and the burning of
Charlestown; also, at the engagement which forced the surrender
of General Burgoyne. Lived at Somers, where she d. Oct. 16, 1825.
6th gen. Children:
2261 Caroline Root, b. June 21, 1785.
2262 Luther Root, b. April 24, 1787; m. Dec. 1, 1816, Betsey Steven--
son, b. May 13, 1786, at Enfield, Mass., d. Nov. 10, 1853, dau. of
Isaac Stevenson and Thankful Savage; he d. Sept. 4, 1853. Far-
mer. Greenwich, Mass. +
2263 Capt. John Root, b. March 17, 1789; m. March 31, 1816, Lucy
Reynolds, b. Nov. 6, 1789, at Somers, d. Jan. 28, 1871, dau. of
Samuel Reynolds and Lucy Pitkin; settled at Greenwich, Mass.,
and d. there Feb. 6, 1855. Farmer. +
2264 Harvey Root, b. April 20, 1791; m. Jan. 31, 1821, Mary Palmer;
he d. March, 1850. +
2265 Elizabeth Root, b. 1793; m. Spencer Smith, b. at Amherst; she
d. 1824. +
2266 LuciNDA Root, b. June 11, 1797; m. Asa Kibbe of Somers, Ct.;
she d. June 14, 1868. +
2267 Sophronia Root, (twin with Lucinda), b. June 11, 1797; m.
David Holmes; she d. May 21, 1835. Lived in Stafford, Ct.
2268 Chester Root, b. June 14, 1800, at Somers; m. Margaret Ellen
McGlowe of Berlin Heights, Ohio, b. 1815, in Seneca County,
N. Y. +
2269 Sumner Root, b. July 14, 1803, at Somers, Ct.; m. (1) March,
1826, Mary Pease of Enfield, Ct.; m. (2) Anna C. Davis; m. (3)
Sophronia Pease, dau. of Deacon Jonathan Pease of Enfield, Ct.
Lived at the old homestead of his great-grandparents, Somers, Ct.
^th gen. Children of Luther and Betsey Root, (2262):
2270 LucRETiA Root, b. Nov. 24, 1817; d. July 4, 1844, at Greenwich,
Mass.
2271 Charles S. Root, b. March 6, 1820; m. Rowena S. Bassett at
Dover, Vt.; he d. Aug. 22, 1859, at Springfield, Mass. +
2272 Sylvester Franklin Root, b. Oct. 28, 1828; m. May 1, 1855,
Lydia Maria Woods, b. Oct. 8, 1834, at West Brookfield, Mass.,
d. April 25, 1909, dau. of Alvin Woods and wife Sarah Nichols;
he d. Oct. 6, 1901. Military service, Sergeant of Co. I, 52d Mass.
Vol. Inf. Mercantile business. Lived at Sidney, Ohio. +
Children of John and Lucy Root, b. Greemvich, Mass., (226^):
2273 John Reynolds Root, b. Feb. 5, 1817; m. March 7, 1843. Maria
Emily Tuttle ; he d. July 26, 1844, at South Hadley Falls, Mass. +
2274 Lucy Elizabeth Root, b. Nov. 22, 1820 ; d. Feb. 7, 1845, at Green-
wich.
2275 Jabez Backus Root, b. Jan. 22, 1822; m. May 25, 1846, Ursula
Maria Alden, b. Nov. 4, 1823, d. July 18, 1891, dau. of Capt. Abel
j Alden and Eveline Thompson; he d. July 12, 1892. Building con-
I tractor and mover. Residence, Greenwich, Mass.
2276 Thomas Pitkin Root, b. July 8, 1824; m. April 23, 1851, Seraph
I Marsh Haynes; m, (2) Nov. 22, 1871, Sophronia Bailey; he was
I deacon of the Congregational Church, and superintendent of pub-
j lie schools, Barre, Mass.; he d. there May 24, 1910. +
I —2277 Hon. Joseph Pomeroy Root, b. April 23, 1826; m. Sept. 10, 1851,
I . Frances Eveline Alden, b. at Greenwich, dau. of Capt. Abel Alden
•^'^il and wife Eveline Thompson, (she a descendant of John Alden of
1 fv iiiu ^^^ Mayflower); he d. Aug. 19, 1885. He was graduated from
U . {yj-^*^. Berkshire Medical College, Pittsfield, Mass., 1850; settled in New
1 )^ Hartford, Conn., 1851; m. Sept. 9, 1851, Frances Eveline Alden
u_^v<\^^ \ of Greenwich, Mass. Joseph Pomeroy Root was a member of the
I /jJL/i-^ Connecticut State Legislature in 1855, elected on the Whig ticket;
|^^Vi>yV he went to Kansas in 1856 with the New Haven colony, locating
I at Wabaunsee. He immediately became active in the Free State
I cause, and was taken prisoner by Atchison and the "border ruf-
fians." He was in Lawrence when the city was sacked and burned;
and in Topeka July 4, when the Legislature was dispersed, at
which time he was a member of the New State Central Commit-
tee, and subsequently chairman of the Executive Committee, that
being the highest authority recognized by the parties of those times.
He was elected for two years to the Territorial Council from
Wyandotte, where he settled in 1857. He was elected the first
Lieutenant-Governor of Kansas, and was acting Governor in 1861.
He resigned this position to enter the Union army as Surgeon
when the Civil War commenced, and served throughout the war
with the Army of the Frontier. In 1869, he was appointed by Pres-
ident Grant, Minister to Chili, South America. The Chilian govern-
ment bestowed honorary degrees and medals upon him for his
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voluntary labors in the hospitals during the small-pox epidemic of
1873. In 1884, he was delegate to the Republican National Con-
vention at Chicago, 111. He d. Aug. 19, 1885. +
2278 Jerusha Williams Root (twin with Joseph), b. April 23, 1826;
d. Nov. 26, 1841.
2279 Samuel Newell Root, b. Sept. 22, 1828; professor of music; d.
April 2, 1853, at Columbia, Tenn.
Children of Harvey and Mary Root, (2264):
2280 Lucy Root, b. Feb. 16, 1822, at Somers, Ct. ; m. July 27, 1843,
Hinsdale Smith, son of Soreno Smith of Hadley, Mass.
2281 Julia Ripley Root, b. Oct. 11, 1824; d. Sept. 13, 1831.
2282 Abia Pomeroy Root, b. April 11, 1830; m. Dec. 7, 1^54, Samuel
W. Strong, son of Rev. William L. Strong of Fayetteville, N. Y.
Child of Elisabeth and Spencer Smith, (226^):
2283 Ellsworth Smith, m. and had children.
Children of Lucinda and Asa Kibbe, (2266):
2284 Lucinda Kibbe. 2286 Mary Kibbe.
2285 Henry Kibbe.
Children of Chester and Margaret E. Root, (2268):
22^7 Harvey Root, b. Nov. 13, 1837, at Berlin Heights, Ohio; mili-
tary service in Civil War, private, Co. E, 4th Mich. Vol. Inf.,
Watrousville, Mich. ; d. at Craney Island Hospital, Aug. 21, 1862.
2288 Margaret Ellen Root, b. Aug. 5, 1839, at Berlin Heights, Ohio;
m. Sept. 18, 1864, J. Warren Rogers, who d. Aug. 25, 1867; she
m. (2) Nov. 13, 1877, Adnez L. Forbes.
2289 Calvin Root, b. Oct. 20, 1841, at Berlin Heights; m. Ella Walters
of Clarkston, Mich. Res., Vassar, Mich.
2290 John Luther Root, b. Sept. 22, 1846, at Litchfield, Ohio; m.
Christie Stark of Reese, Mich. Res., East Saginaw, Mich.
2291 Jason Root, b. April 23, 1852, at Clarksfield, Ohio; m. Mary
Coleman, at Watrousville, jMich. Res., Cairo, Mich.
2292 Ida Abiah Root, b. Feb. 7, 1859, at Clarksfield, Ohio; m. in 1890,
W. J. P. McFail; she d. May 2, 1905, at Saginaw, Mich.
Children of Sumner and Mary P. Root, (2269):
2293 Sumner C. Root. 2293.1 Rodolphia K. Root,
2294 Mary E. Root ; m. March 17, 1852, William S. Arms of South
Deerfield, Mass.
Children of Sumner and (2d wife) Anna Root:
2295 Ellen S. Root. 2296 Henry A. Root.
Children of Sumner and (^d wife) Sophronia Root:
2297 Adrian A. Root, d. ae. 2 years.
2298 Alonzo D. Ro<jt. 2300 Child, d. in infancy.
2299 Laura Amelia Root.
8th gen. Children of Charles S. and Rowena S. Root, (22JJ):
2301 Amy L. Root, b. Oct., 1855; d. July 20, 1857.
2302 Charles E. Root, b. July 24, 1858; d. young.
Children of Sylvester F. and Lydia Woods Root, (22 j 2): <
2303 Eliza Lucretia Root, b. Dec. 25, 1856, Greenwich. Mass.; m.
Sept. 22, 1885, James McKercher, b. Nov. 2, 1839, Montville,
Ohio, son of Peter McKercher and Margery McNaughton. Mrs.
McKercher is a member of the National Society, D. A. R., No,
68,732. Res., Seattle, Wash. No children.
2304 Alice Eugenia Root, b. March 27, 1859, Greenwich, Mass.; m.
March 9, 1881, Leroy Michael, b. July 22, 1855, son of Dewitt
Clinton Michael and Hannah Elizabeth Robinson. Res., Sidney,
Ohio. +
2305 Luther Woods Root, b. June 3, 1871, Greenwich; d. Feb. 21,
1890, at Sidney, Ohio.
2306 Julia Le Dora Root, b. July 30, 1872, at Sidney, Ohio; d. there
April 24, 1873.
pf/t gen. Children of Alice Eugenia and Leroy Michael, (2^04):
2307 Amy Elizabeth Michael, b. Oct. 6, 1884, Sidney, Ohio.
2308 Helen Woods Michael, b. Dec. 11, 1886, Sidney.
2309 John Arnold Michael, b. Feb. 1, 1889, Sidney.
718 CAPT. SAMUEL POMEROY, {Joshua, Noah, Joseph, Eltweed),
b. Feb. 2, 1767; m. Dec, 1796, Catherine Day of West Spring-
field, Mass., 
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